single father
noun
: a father who does not have a wife or partner
He raised two kids as a single father.
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Now as a single father of two, including a son with a disability, Mustafa wants to make his kids proud.
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Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 20 July 2025
The show is about a single father who has dedicated his whole life to raising three girls as a stepfather.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 25 June 2025
As a now single father, Booker saw periods of homelessness, living out of his car with his then 2-year-old daughter.
—Mykal McEldowney, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
Lucy always looked up to me as a successful single father, raising two daughters on my own, my other being 17 now and about to enter her senior year in high school.
—R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 21 June 2025
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Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 20 July 2025
The show is about a single father who has dedicated his whole life to raising three girls as a stepfather.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 25 June 2025
As a now single father, Booker saw periods of homelessness, living out of his car with his then 2-year-old daughter.
—Mykal McEldowney, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
Lucy always looked up to me as a successful single father, raising two daughters on my own, my other being 17 now and about to enter her senior year in high school.
—R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 21 June 2025
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“Single father.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/single%20father. Accessed 2 Aug. 2025.
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