parent
/ˈpeər·ənt/, /ˈpær-/ n [C]Definition
› a person who gives birth to or raises a child: His parents live in New York. › biology A parent is also any animal or plant that produces another. parental /pəˈren·təl/ adj [not gradable] › parental guidance parenthood /ˈpeər·əntˌhʊd/, /ˈpær-/ n [U] › Just barely newlyweds, they now have to confront the harsh realities of parenthood.
(Definition of parent n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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