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mother figure

An older woman, often one in a position of power or influence, who elicits the emotions usually reserved for a mother.

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mother figure - a woman who evokes the feelings usually reserved for a mother

adult female, woman - an adult female person (as opposed to a man); "the woman kept house while the man hunted"

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mother			Prof Nigel Eastman said: "For anybody who's been abused by a mother it's not uncommon for them to attach themselves to alternative mother figures. 'TRAUMA WAS NOT TO BLAME' Man's 'horrific upbringing' by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England) In creating intense mother figures in fiction or recalling them in memoir, African American writers have paid tribute to the beauty, struggles and sorrows of black motherhood. Remembering mama: images of mothers, good, bad, real or fictive ... by Davis, Bernadette Adams / Black Issues Book Review There are a lot of people who value the mother figures in their life and they want to do something to recognise their good work. Where's our supermum? by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)			motet moth moth bean Moth blight Moth gnat Moth hunter moth miller moth mullein moth orchid moth plant Moth-eat moth-eaten moth-hole moth-resistant mothball Mothen mother mother board Mother Carey's chicken Mother Carey's goose Mother Carey's hen mother cell Mother church mother country mother figure mother figures mother fucker Mother Goose mother hen Mother Hubbard Mother Jones Mother liquor mother lode mother love Mother Nature Mother of God Mother of Parliaments mother of the chapel mother of thyme Mother of vinegar Mother queen Mother Seton mother ship Mother Shipton mother superior Mother Teresa Mother Theresa mother tongue Mother water mother wit mother's boy			Mother Cabrini Mother Carey's chicken Mother Carey's chicken Mother Carey's chickens Mother Carey's chickens Mother Carey's Goose Mother Carey's hen mother cell mother cell mother cell mother cell Mother Church Mother City Queer Projects Mother Confessor mother countries mother countries mother country mother country Mother Courage mother cyst Mother Dairy Foods Ltd. Mother Daughter Crafters Mother Divine Public School Mother Earth's Concerned Students mother essence Mother Father Deaf Day Mother Father Sister Brother mother figure mother figure Mother Figure in Charge mother figures mother fixation Mother Freaker Is on Fire Mother Friendly Childbirth Initiative Mother Friendly Workplace Initiative mother fucker Mother general mother glass Mother goddess Mother goddess Mother Goddess Gnostic Society Mother goddesses Mother Goose Mother Goose Mother Goose Asks Why Mother Goose Meets Mother Nature Mother Goose Special School System, Inc Mother Goose Tales mother hairs mother hairs mother hairs mother hairs mother hen mother hens Mother Hubbard Mother Hubbard clause Mother Hubbards Mother I would Not Like to Find Mother I'd Like to Find Mother II

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mother figure (redirected from mother figures)

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