father surrogate
Example Sentences
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At first, his duties were limited to serving as a father surrogate to the campers.
From Washington Times • Nov. 16, 2014
The child spent the rest of his short life looking for a father surrogate.
From Time Magazine Archive
Q. But didn't you become a father surrogate to the children she had adopted with Andre Previn?
From Time Magazine Archive
He stands to the individual members of the group of believers in the relation of a kind elder brother; he is their father surrogate.
From Group Psychology and The Analysis of The Ego by Freud, Sigmund
