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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
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father surrogate
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surrogate father
Submitted by rinat on September 16, 2019
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We can safely say that Ri Chol is a father figure to Kim Jong Un.
[ 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.
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.
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.
He is the most influential coaching figure and father figure that I have ever had in this league.
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