natural parent

noun

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It would be so nice to have a natural parent that was really interested in his daughter's affairs.
Somehow Good | William de Morgan
They are thrown to the cannibal for prey, and the natural parent prepares the unnatural repast.
The Writings of Thomas Paine, Volume II | Thomas Paine
Mr. Hastings passes by his natural parent, and appoints another woman.
The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. VIII. (of 12) | Edmund Burke
How could he choose for his second father the very man who had deprived him of his first and natural parent?
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 361, November, 1845. | Various
Constraint, he said, is the natural parent of resistance, and a pregnant proof that reason is not on the side of those who use it.
A History of Freedom of Thought | John Bagnell Bury

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