mother figure
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English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmʌðə ˌfɪɡə/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmʌðɚ ˌfɪɡɚ/, /-ɡjɚ/
- Hyphenation: moth‧er fig‧ure
Noun
mother figure (plural mother figures)
- One (especially an older woman) who behaves as, is regarded as equivalent to, or represents a mother for another person or group of people.
- Coordinate term: father figure
Translations
one who behaves as, is regarded as equivalent to, or represents a mother
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See also
Further reading
father figure on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - “mother figure, n.” under “mother, n.1 (and int.)”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, March 2023. - “mother figure”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
- “mother figure, n.”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present, reproduced from Stuart Berg Flexner, editor in chief, Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2nd edition, New York, N.Y.: Random House, 1993, →ISBN.
- “mother figure”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “mother figure”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
