a father figure

Their argument was that, in a crisis, the President needs to be a father figure, not just a rational decision-maker.

When they met, she said, she was raising two children on her own and not looking for a father figure for them.

And as strange as it may have seemed to others, Josh is not only a father figure to me, he's my hero.

He's quite like a father figure to me, yet he's so fucking awesome and I love him! ! ! !

He was sort of a father figure.

I still wouldn't have a problem playing for him again because he was such a big influence on my career and he was a father figure to me.

as seeking out a father figure that some of us never had during development.

Palestinians viewed him as a father figure and the leader of their quest for a homeland.

Thanks to the pastor, who became something of a father figure, Dad got his Bachelor of Arts degree, then went on to study Law.

He was a teacher and a father figure to me.

Dumbledore represents everything a good professor can be: a mentor, a father figure, and a friend.

They needed a father figure and he had always wondered what it would be like to have a wife and children.

He's like a father figure to young John Flanagan on the pitch.

Father's Day has become a day to not only honor your father, but all men who act as a father figure.

I think everyone at Villa will come to trust him as a father figure.

The wonderful thing for Henderson is that he is arriving at a club where the manager will be a father figure to him.

And he's a father figure to Harry in the books.

Markkula would become a father figure to Jobs.

an uncle who was like a father figure to me, particularly during my teenage and college years;