single parent

plural single parents

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

   Synonyms: sole provider

present singular third person single parents · participle present single parenting · participle past single parented · past single parented

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

   2 more examples

   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

   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