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Noun: father-figure
  1. A man (often a powerful or influential man) who arouses emotions usually felt for your real father and with whom you identify psychologically
Noun: father figure
  1. A man who takes over all the functions of the real father
    - father surrogate

Derived forms: father-figures, father figures

Type of: adult male, man

Encyclopedia: Father-figure

Father figure

Nearest

fatheaded
father
Father
Father Brown
Father Christmas
Father of Radio
Father of the Church
Father of the Submarine
father surrogate
father-figure
Father-God
fatherhood
Fatherhood
father-in-law
fatherland
fatherless
fatherlike
fatherliness
fatherly
Father's Day