Meaning Of The Word Father figure

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father figure
countable noun: If you describe someone as a father figure, you mean that you feel able to turn to that person for advice and support in the same way that you might turn to your father.

father figure in American English
noun: a man embodying or seeming to embody the qualities of an idealized conception of the male parent, eliciting from others the emotional responses that a child typically has toward its father

father figure in British English
noun: someone who is thought of as taking the place of a father and being the person you can turn to for advice, support, guidance, or help

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