(~s)
A ~ is someone who is bringing up a child on their own, because the other parent is not living with them.
I was bringing up my three children as a ~.
...a single-parent household.
N-COUNT: oft N n
(~s)
A ~ is someone who is bringing up a child on their own, because the other parent is not living with them.
I was bringing up my three children as a ~.
...a single-parent household.
N-COUNT: oft N n
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012