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Father figure

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  1. 1
    One who represents, behaves as, or is regarded as equivalent to a father for another person or group of people.

    "Tudjman, the national father-figure, emerged as the improbable and unexpected victor of the wars of the Yugoslav succession of 1991-99."

  2. 2
    a man who takes over all the functions of the real father wordnet

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