1. single parent - Noun
2. single parent - Verb
single parent (plural single parents)
A parent who is the only guardian of offspring.
single parent (third-person singular simple present single parents, present participle single parenting, simple past and past participle single parented)
To act as the only guardian of offspring.
Better a loving single parent family than a 'conventional' family wherein the parents hate each other and the father is a demagogue. Moby
For me, already being part of a single parent household and knowing it was just me and my mom, you'd would wake up times and hope that the next day you'd be able to be alongside your mother because she was out trying to make sure that I was taken care of. But all I cared about was her being home. LeBron James
I was not prepared to live as a single parent. Annette Funicello
I knew going in that being a single parent would be one of the toughest jobs I'd ever have. I'd been a talk-show host, actor, comic, and on and on, but this gig was going to be my defining moment. Arsenio Hall
There's a really unique relationship between a single parent and their child. Marriages so easily break up. There's kind of this temporary deal about marriages. That's one of the things that makes it stressful, and that's something that's nonexistent in a parent-child relationship. Jeremy Sisto
Passion has always been important to me. That won't change. What changes in a woman's perspective. I mean, I have two kids now. I'm a single parent balancing motherhood and my career. That changes the equation. Jody Watley