single mother
noun
a mother who brings up a child or children alone, without a partner.
single mothers
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pluralof single mother.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The overwhelming majority—80 percent—of the recipients of this federal childcare credit are single parents, and the overwhelming majority of them are single mothers.
From Slate ● Sep. 14, 2026
One of his final Prep Talks last spring was about a Sylmar pitcher and Carson quarterback honoring their single mothers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
The teenage Kelly also starred alongside her mom and sister in a Charles Schwab commercial about how single mothers learn to run their family’s finances.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
Ibrahimi, whose four children huddled around the stove in her spartan living room, is one of 10 single mothers living in the new community.
From Barron's ● Feb. 1, 2026
Even the teenagers who worried me at first seem to have mother figures attached to them, probably single mothers I hadn’t seen before because they were at work.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
