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adopter, adoptive parent
a person who adopts a child of other parents as his or her own child
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empty nester
a parent whose children have grown up and left home
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begetter, father, male parent
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
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filicide
a parent who murders his own son or daughter
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female parent, mother
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
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stepparent
the spouse of your parent by a subsequent marriage
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dad, dada, daddy, pa, papa, pappa, pop
an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
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father-in-law
the father of your spouse
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ma, mama, mamma, mammy, mom, momma, mommy, mum, mummy
informal terms for a mother
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mater
an informal use of the Latin word for mother; sometimes used by British schoolboys or used facetiously
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mother-in-law
the mother of your spouse
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old man
an informal term for your father
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pater
an informal use of the Latin word for father; sometimes used by British schoolboys or used facetiously
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para I, primipara
(obstetrics) woman who has been delivered of a child for the first time
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puerpera
a woman in childbirth or shortly thereafter
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quadripara
(obstetrics) woman who has given birth to a viable infant in each of four pregnancies
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quintipara
(obstetrics) woman who has given birth to a viable infant in each of five pregnancies
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stepfather
the husband of your mother by a subsequent marriage
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stepmother
the wife of your father by a subsequent marriage
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supermom
an informal term for a mother who can combine childcare and full-time employment
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surrogate mother
a woman who bears a child for a couple where the wife is unable to do so
