"mother figure" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmʌðə ˌfɪɡə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈmʌðɚ ˌfɪɡɚ/ [General-American], /-ɡjɚ/ [General-American] Forms: mother figures [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} mother figure (plural mother figures)
  1. One (especially an older woman) who behaves as, is regarded as equivalent to, or represents a mother for another person or group of people. Categories (topical): Female people, Stock characters Related terms: authority figure, role model Translations (one who behaves as, is regarded as equivalent to, or represents a mother): moederfiguur [feminine] (Dutch), äitihahmo (Finnish), ма́јчинска по́ткрепа (májčinska pótkrepa) [feminine] (Macedonian), ма́јчински лик (májčinski lik) [masculine] (Macedonian), autorytet [masculine] (Polish), figura materna [feminine] (Portuguese), majčinska figura [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), materinska figura [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), figura materna [feminine] (Spanish), modersfigur [common-gender] (Swedish), modersgestalt [common-gender] (Swedish), ffigwr mamol [masculine] (Welsh)

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "one who behaves as, is regarded as equivalent to, or represents a mother",
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      "sense": "one who behaves as, is regarded as equivalent to, or represents a mother",
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    },
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      "sense": "one who behaves as, is regarded as equivalent to, or represents a mother",
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    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "one who behaves as, is regarded as equivalent to, or represents a mother",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "materinska figura"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "one who behaves as, is regarded as equivalent to, or represents a mother",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "figura materna"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "one who behaves as, is regarded as equivalent to, or represents a mother",
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      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "one who behaves as, is regarded as equivalent to, or represents a mother",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "modersgestalt"
    },
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      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "one who behaves as, is regarded as equivalent to, or represents a mother",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ffigwr mamol"
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