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role-model

role-model is the alternative spelling of role model.

Meaning of role model

Noun

role model (plural role models)

  1. A person who serves as an example, or whose behavior is emulated by others.
    • Where's my wife and family? / What if I die here? / Who'll be my role model / Now that my role model is gone, gone?1986, Paul Simon, “You Can Call Me Al”, in Graceland

Forms of role-model

pluralrole-models

Questions about role-model

What is role-model the alternative spelling of?
Role-model is the alternative spelling of role model.

Words near role-model in the dictionary

  1. role playings
  2. role plays
  3. role reversal
  4. role reversals
  5. role-based
  6. role-model
  7. role-models
  8. role-oriented
  9. role-oriented language
  10. role-oriented languages
  11. role-play

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