| 1 |
[ noun ] a father or mother; one who begets or one who gives birth to or nurtures and raises a child; a relative who plays the role of guardian
Used in print (The Rev. John A. O'Brien, "Let's Take Birth Control...)Family_planning is encouraged , so that parents will be able to provide properly for their offspring . This means that such factors as the health of the parents , particularly the mother , their ability to provide their children with the necessities of life , the degree of population density of a country and the shortage of housing facilities may legitimately be taken into consideration in determining the number of offspring . In 1958 , the Conference endorsed birth_control as the responsibility laid by God on parents everywhere . (James Boylan, "Mutinity"...)Greene was in actuality a young ruffian from Kent , who had broken_with his parents in_order to keep the company he preferred - pimps , panders and whores . (David Boroff, "Jewish Teen-Age Culture"...)`` I want to show respect for my parents ' religion '' was the way in_which a boy justified his inhabiting_a_halfway_house of Judaism . Related terms child genitor mother father stepparent empty_nester adopter family |
| 2 |
[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 2868
|
| 3 | |
| * |
|