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single parent en · NOUN

Meanings

1. A parent who is the only guardian of offspring.
   • For the majority of Shaylene’s upbringing, Darlene raised them as a single parent. She worked very hard to support the household, often times balancing three jobs to keep the household afloat. 2026 August 6, Nicholas Muhoro, “An Ohio Teen Vanished During a One-Mile Drive in 1994. Her Locked Car Was Found Hours Later”, in Skip Boring, archived from the original on 06 Aug 2026:

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Relateds

single father · single mother

Synonyms

sole provider

Translations (12)

no aleineforelder (only parent bringing up a child) · nn åleineforelder (only parent bringing up a child) · fi yksinhuoltaja (only parent bringing up a child) · ka მარტოხელა მშობელი (only parent bringing up a child) · da aleneforælder (only parent bringing up a child) · mi matua takakau (only parent bringing up a child) · et üksikvanem (only parent bringing up a child) · de Alleinerziehender (only parent bringing up a child) · de Alleinerziehende (only parent bringing up a child) · nn aleineforelder (only parent bringing up a child) · no aleneforelder (only parent bringing up a child) · sv ensamstående (only parent bringing up a child)

single parent en · VERB

Meanings

1. To act as the only guardian of offspring.
   • My husband would, no doubt, be the slightest bit fatigued from having single-parented a precocious preschooler 24/7 for a week. 2008, Deanna Davis, The Law of Attraction in Action, →ISBN, page 6:
   • I was single parenting and imagined that if this man and I argued or fought there would be a good chance he would be believed, not me. 2013, J. W. Wiley, The Nigger in You, →ISBN:
   • My degrees and credentials are largely oriented to working with children and young adults in many different capacities. And I've single parented. 2009, Samuel D. G. Heath, The American Poet: Weedpatch Gazette for 1997, →ISBN, page 286:

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