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authority figure

noun

  1. a person whose real or apparent authority over others inspires or demands obedience and emulation.

    Parents, teachers, and police officers are traditional authority figures for children.



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Despite no adult or authority figure believing in their mission, the goonies triumph.

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And how does a man like Joseph, an authority figure in the church but on a lower rung than Theophilus, conduct himself under those circumstances?

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The right doesn't do that—maybe because, ironically, they have less respect for authority figures.

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Speaking to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in Washington DC on Tuesday, Rubio quipped that "the bad news is that the transitional authority figures... didn't pass their background check with the FBI".

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Francis cut his teeth as an authority figure in his native Argentina.

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