mother figure

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   a woman who evokes the feelings usually reserved for a mother

   Broaderwoman

Questions about mother figure

What does mother figure mean?

mother figure means "a woman who evokes the feelings usually reserved for a mother".

Is mother figure a common word?

mother figure is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.