a person who serves as an emotional substitute for one's father
father figure
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father figure
noun
An older man, often one in a position of power or influence, who elicits the emotions usually reserved for a father.
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Noun
(plural father figures)
- someone that represents, behaves as, or is thought of as a father to another person or group of people.
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