MOTHER FIGURE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mother figure mean? 

• MOTHER FIGURE (noun)
  The noun MOTHER FIGURE has 1 sense:

1. a woman who evokes the feelings usually reserved for a mother

  Familiarity information: MOTHER FIGURE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MOTHER FIGURE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A woman who evokes the feelings usually reserved for a mother

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("mother figure" is a kind of...):

adult female; woman (an adult female person (as opposed to a man))