single mother
Noun
Meaning
single mother (plural single mothers)
A woman raising a child on her own without a spouse or partner.
Examples
What is free time? I'm a single mother. My free moments are filled with loving my little girl.
If you're a single mother with two children-which is the toughest job in America, as far as I'm concerned-you're working hard to put food on your family.
There are things coming from me that I felt I wanted to talk about. My search for my own blend of spirituality, my acknowledgement of my sexuality, my being the single mother of a young man.
I have led an unusual life. I have buried a father killed at age 50 and two brothers killed in the prime of their lives. I raised my children as a single mother when my husband was arrested and held for eight years without a conviction - a hostage to my political career.
Basically, I was a kid growing up with a single mother in Brooklyn.
Victim of a crime? Thank a single mother.