Topic: FAMILY
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| Date: | 1400-1500 |
| Language: | Old French |
| Origin: | Latin, present participle of parere 'to give birth to' |
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par‧ent S1 W1
[countable]
[countable]1SSF the father or mother of a person or animal : 
Children under fourteen should be accompanied by a parent.The eggs are guarded by both parents. Melissa's spending the weekend at her parents' house. ➔ birth parent
Children under fourteen should be accompanied by a parent.The eggs are guarded by both parents.Melissa's spending the weekend at her parents' house.; ➔ foster parents
at foster2 (3); ➔ lone parent
at lone (2), one-parent family, single parent2 something that produces other things of the same type : New shoots appear near the parent plant.
New shoots appear near the parent plant.3 a company which owns a smaller company or organization : Land Rover's new parent
Land Rover's new parent