single mother

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noun

a mother who brings up a child or children alone, without a partner.

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Also Informal, single mom .

Origin of single mother

First recorded in 1965–70

Words nearby single mother

single-lens reflex camera, single-malt, single man, single market, single-minded, single mother, single-name paper, singleness, single occupancy, single out, single parent

How to use single mother in a sentence

The novel is set against the backdrop of the Great Depression and tells the story of a single mother who leaves her family farm in Texas for California.
What to Know About the Book Behind Netflix’s Firefly Lane|Annabel Gutterman|February 3, 2021|Time
Born amid the Great Depression to a young single mother in rural Texas, much of Ailey’s dance inspiration came from his memories.
‘Ailey’ Gives Audiences A Glimpse Of the Renowned Choreographer Who Infused Memory Into Movement|Brande Victorian|February 1, 2021|Essence.com
For low-income women who work outside the house or single mothers who have no one to help shoulder the burden, the situation is significantly worse.
Women Have Lost a Disproportionate Number of Jobs Due to COVID-19. Here's How We Can Start to Fix a Broken System|Bonnie Hammer|January 25, 2021|Time
In the middle of a pandemic, the single mother had to find a new place to live.
Tourists Are Returning to Cancún. But Workers' Fears About COVID-19 Never Went Away|Oscar Lopez / Cancún, Mexico|January 11, 2021|Time

I got to know Marisela Monroy Ramirez, a farmworker and single mother, who was struggling to support her family financially because of the pandemic.
22 Photos That Tell the Story of 2020|Adriana Heldiz|December 29, 2020|Voice of San Diego
A white single mother to a seven-year-old son, she works (or worked) at the local mall, and only recently got into Allah.
The FBI’s Bogus ISIS Bust|James Poulos|November 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I interviewed Lilian, a single mother living in a Rio de Janeiro favela.
What Brazil’s Dilma Rousseff Can Teach Hillary Clinton|Heather Arnet|October 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Jane was raised in a matriarchal family by her hyper-religious grandma and young, aspiring singer single mother.
‘Jane the Virgin’ Is The CW’s Best Show Ever|Amy Zimmerman|October 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Taylor, a single mother and still pregnant, was locked up in jail for two days until charges were dropped for lack of evidence.
Indiana 'Feticide' Charge Is the Latest Fallout From States' Strict Anti-Abortion Laws|Sally Kohn|August 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She was a teenage single mother in a place bereft of options and Isaias spoke to her about a land of promise.
Somaly Mam, This Is What a Real Trafficking Victim Says|Michael Daly|May 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
When daylight came we got them enfiladed by machine guns and every single mother's son of them was either killed or captured.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
He loves his kind so much that he has not a word softer than a brickbat for a single mother's son of them.
Atlantic Monthly, Volume 6, No. 38, December, 1860|Various
A kindly touch of the hand, a single mother-smile, and she would have flung her arms about the other woman's neck.
The Carpet from Bagdad|Harold MacGrath
What is the sorrow of a single mother compared to the suffering of an entire nation!
The Old House and Other Tales|Feodor Sologub
In this way the old nest of the Mason-bee of the Pebbles is colonized, cell after cell, by a single mother.
Bramble-bees and Others|J. Henri Fabre