single father

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of single father¹

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

Single father Craig Timbrell, 38, pleaded guilty to violent disorder after throwing concrete blocks, bricks and bottles at police near the hotel.

From BBC

He was speaking with the London Sunday Times Style Magazine about his new movie, “Kinds of Kindness,” in which he plays a single father opposite Emma Stone, but naturally, the conversation turned to Swift.

From Los Angeles Times

Instead they have a different question – what effect will having so many tortoises from a single father have on the tortoises in general?

From NewsForKids.net

But the 1991 film’s most powerful presence is Laurence Fishburne as Furious Styles, the single father desperate to keep his son on the right course.

From New York Times

A single father of seven children, he continued dealing drugs to support them, he said, until he was indicted in 2014 — along with 30 other people — in an oxycodone distribution conspiracy.

From Seattle Times