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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Amongst them is a championship poker player, a former COVID crisis nurse, a single father, and a couple of avid concertgoers. Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025 Roberson had been a single father caring for Nikki after her mother lost custody because of personal issues. Nick McElroy, NBC news, 7 Oct. 2025 Jung, 29, was adopted from Russia at age 2 and raised by a single father who owned a small business. Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 16 Sep. 2025 Unfortunately, he can’t be prevented from coming back to school if Maria can’t communicate the situation to Danny’s single father Josh (Robert Emms), a delivery driver constantly at work and seemingly fed up with his son getting into trouble. Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for single father

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“Single father.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/single%20father. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.

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