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Meanings of single parent in English

Russian
одинокая мать
Portuguese
família monoparental
Spanish
familia monoparental
Catalan
llar monoparental

Parent raising a child alone.

        одинокая мать
        Usage of single parent in English
        1
        Both have long bedeviled debate on the issue of single parent families.
        The Irish Times
        2
        Almost one in two families are single parent, with no father figure.
        Reuters
        3
        An epileptic single parent whose job was to clean other people's houses.
        The South African
        4
        I myself have gone from married to single parent status, through widowhood.
        The Irish Times
        5
        He does it with boys that are coming from single parent households.
        Ebony
        6
        How do you cope with your workload now as a single parent?
        The Guardian
        7
        She was a single parent bringing up two kids with two jobs.
        The Guardian
        8
        Half are headed by a single parent and incomes are very low.
        The Guardian
        9
        She is not someone's proof that single parent homes don't work.
        Ebony
        10
        She is not someone's proof that single parent homes can work.
        Ebony
        11
        Almost every single parent has experienced some variation of the scenario just described.
        Ebony
        12
        What's the reality of life for a single parent in Ireland?
        The Irish Times
        13
        Sarah:Sarah is a single parent living with her parents in Dublin.
        The Irish Times
        14
        Munro's life as a single parent has, she says, certainly taught her discipline.
        The Guardian
        15
        By a society that didn't prepare me for life as a single parent.
        Getting in: a novel
        16
        Rebecca is a single parent living with her parents in Dublin.
        The Irish Times
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        Ireland
        Common
        United States of America
        Less common
        United Kingdom
        Rare