mother figure
noun
: an older woman who is respected and admired like a mother
Camp counselors are mother figures to many of the girls at the camp.
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So much so that the two seem to operate as one, driven by their ambition to keep Tania alive and to make her into a mother figure for the humanity that’s to come.
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Manuel Betancourt, Variety, 20 Nov. 2024
Maeve is caring, the mother figure who's in there pitching on the side of the kids.
—Victoria Edel, People.com, 27 Nov. 2024
The caregiving that this mother figure does could look like offering advice and comfort, cooking meals, dropping them off at school, or hosting playdates at the park.
—wendy Wisner, Parents, 29 Oct. 2024
He’s got a very strong mother figure in his life, played by Delia in hand, and she’s believed to him, and she’s loved him.
—Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Oct. 2024
Over the decades, the character showed up on the page as a mentor or a nanny, protector or mother figure.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 18 Sep. 2024
Along with the Cowboy Carter singer and Solange, Knowles has been a matriarch and mother figure to Beyoncé's Destiny Child bandmates Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams.
—Charmaine Patterson, People.com, 9 Oct. 2024
Berry brilliantly humanizes and grounds this flawed mother figure, bestowing her with wit, wisdom and a rich internality.
—Courtney Howard, Variety, 17 Sep. 2024
These tartan Mama Bear slippers are bound to be a hit with any mother figure in your life.
—Esme Benjamin, Peoplemag, 15 Sep. 2024
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Manuel Betancourt, Variety, 20 Nov. 2024
Maeve is caring, the mother figure who's in there pitching on the side of the kids.
—Victoria Edel, People.com, 27 Nov. 2024
The caregiving that this mother figure does could look like offering advice and comfort, cooking meals, dropping them off at school, or hosting playdates at the park.
—wendy Wisner, Parents, 29 Oct. 2024
He’s got a very strong mother figure in his life, played by Delia in hand, and she’s believed to him, and she’s loved him.
—Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Oct. 2024
Over the decades, the character showed up on the page as a mentor or a nanny, protector or mother figure.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 18 Sep. 2024
Along with the Cowboy Carter singer and Solange, Knowles has been a matriarch and mother figure to Beyoncé's Destiny Child bandmates Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams.
—Charmaine Patterson, People.com, 9 Oct. 2024
Berry brilliantly humanizes and grounds this flawed mother figure, bestowing her with wit, wisdom and a rich internality.
—Courtney Howard, Variety, 17 Sep. 2024
These tartan Mama Bear slippers are bound to be a hit with any mother figure in your life.
—Esme Benjamin, Peoplemag, 15 Sep. 2024
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“Mother figure.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mother%20figure. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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