"single parent" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: single parents [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} single parent (plural single parents)
  1. A parent who is the only guardian of offspring. Categories (topical): Parents Synonyms: sole provider Related terms: single father, single mother Translations (only parent bringing up a child): aleneforælder [common-gender] (Danish), üksikvanem (Estonian), yksinhuoltaja (Finnish), მარტოხელა მშობელი (marṭoxela mšobeli) (Georgian), Alleinerziehender [masculine] (German), Alleinerziehende [feminine] (German), matua takakau (Maori), aleneforelder [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), aleineforelder [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), aleineforelder [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), åleineforelder [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), ensamstående [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-single_parent-en-noun-90t4Q-ku Disambiguation of Parents: 66 34 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 73 27 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 73 27 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 73 27

Verb

Forms: single parents [present, singular, third-person], single parenting [participle, present], single parented [participle, past], single parented [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} single parent (third-person singular simple present single parents, present participle single parenting, simple past and past participle single parented)
  1. To act as the only guardian of offspring.
    Sense id: en-single_parent-en-verb-0KwY-iO-

Inflected forms

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