mother figure
mother figure
noun
a woman embodying or seeming to embody the qualities of an idealized conception of the female parent, eliciting from others the emotional responses that a child typically has toward its mother.
Also called mother image.
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| mother figure | |
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| a woman who evokes the feelings usually reserved for a mother |
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