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fa·ther-fig·ure
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Princeton's WordNet
father-figurenoun
a man (often a powerful or influential man) who arouses emotions usually felt for your real father and with whom you identify psychologically
father figure, father surrogatenoun
a man who takes over all the functions of the real father
Synonyms:
father surrogate, father figure
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You can be a father figure and a productive force for the party or you can be Harry Reid, but you can’t be both.
Tony Award winner Douglas Hodge:
I've worked with Pinter for more or less 10 years, almost exclusively really ... He was a great mentor, a great friend, almost a father figure to me, i've loved this play ... I think it's probably one of the best plays in the last 50 years.
Fogelman also revealed Sylvester Stallone will make an appearance as a co-star in the movie Kevin is working on. We needed his big co-star and Sly Stallone is coming to do a huge part on the show as Kevin's co-star and father figure in the film he's shooting.
It's about time that we stop and allow the Pope to speak the language of most ordinary people, especially parents, who understand the Pope far better than those who parse every single word and statement that comes out of his mouth! let us not read into the Pope's words anything other than what is there. He speaks constantly of mercy and tenderness. He speaks as a pastor and loving father figure who loves children and wants the best for them.
[ Saget ] was like a big mentor to me, a big brother, a father figure. Bob Saget meant a lot to me, funny man. He was the first White man to ever tell me,' Just be yourself, just be who you are, Tiffany. Don't worry about nothing. Just be you.' That was huge for me.
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- figura paternaSpanish
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