father substitute

noun Psychology.

a male who replaces an absent father and becomes an object of attachment.
Also called father surrogate.

Origin of father substitute

First recorded in 1935–40

Words nearby father substitute

father figure, father lasher, father of his country, father of the chapel, father of the house, father substitute, father time, father's day, father, forgive them, for they know not what they do, father-in-law, fatherhood