"single father" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: single fathers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} single father (plural single fathers)
  1. A man raising a child on his own without a spouse or partner. Categories (topical): Male family members Translations (a man raising a child on his own): alenefar [common-gender] (Danish), シングルファーザー (shinguru fāzā) (Japanese), シングルファザー (shinguru fazā) (Japanese)

Inflected forms

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