single mother

noun

: a mother who does not have a husband or partner

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Both have raised children, Burns with her husband and Winn as a single mother following divorce. Elizabeth Marie Himchak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2025 Another remembers her lonely childhood with a single mother and resolved it with a partner from a large family and three children. Hazlitt, 5 Mar. 2025 Shelly Gates Pinet, 17, grew up with a single mother who has often had to make $100 stretch across all of their expenses for one week. Maya Brown, NBC News, 3 Mar. 2025 The dilemma involving her name began when she was born to a single mother in November 2022. Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 27 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for single mother

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“Single mother.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/single%20mother. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.

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