single father
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of single father
First recorded in 1965–70
Example Sentences
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But Liu isn’t the only single father via surrogacy in the spotlight—TV host Andy Cohen and singer Ricky Martin have each spoken publicly about their decision to go this route.
From Slate • Feb. 23, 2026
Mel Hazeltine signed on with Los Angeles Surrogacy in October 2023, agreed to carry a child for a Chinese-Canadian single father and delivered a healthy baby girl this March.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 28, 2025
He spent 30 years caring for two elderly parents who had serious health issues, while he was also a single father, raising two sons he adopted from a niece.
From Salon • Dec. 26, 2024
"Very quickly life changed. I ended up a single father of two," he told BBC News NI.
From BBC • Dec. 11, 2024
If this sounds silly, bear in mind that before the development of modern embryological studies, people had no solid evidence that babies are always sired by a single father rather than by many.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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