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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Most of them were not partnered and weren’t sure they wanted to be single mothers.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
Mũgwe wa Njũhĩ, an official of the Kikuyu cultural group Kiama Kĩa Ma, agrees male relatives of single mothers may deny the use of their name to avoid inheritance disputes.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
But it abandoned the strategy because its legal dragnet swept up sympathetic targets such as single mothers and teenage girls, creating a public relations disaster.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 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
We knocked on doors in the Cabrini-Green housing project, went to community meetings, and canvassed programs that worked with single mothers.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
