single mother

American  

Informal, single mom

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of single mother

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

The princess has acknowledged her wilder life as a single mother before marrying into royalty in 2001.

From The Wall Street Journal

Jayme Wernicke, a 34-year-old receptionist and single mother in Chico who earns about $49,000 a year, said she was transferred from Medi-Cal to a Covered California Anthem Blue Cross plan at the end of 2023.

From Los Angeles Times

Durde and his older brother were raised by a single mother in north London, and it was a video she bought, of the Chicago Bears' 1986 Super Bowl-winning team, that inspired him to play American football.

From BBC

Jackie Cummings Koski, a single mother in Ohio, only started meaningfully putting aside money for retirement after a divorce in 2004.

From MarketWatch

Pratt’s father, Oscar Noble Pratt, died when Pratt was 9, leaving Pratt and his six siblings to be raised by their single mother, Anna Guerrier Pratt, and their grandparents and aunts.

From The Wall Street Journal