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I demand for the unmarried mother, as a sacred channel of life, the same reverence and respect as for the married mother; for Maternity is a cosmic thing and once it has come to pass, our conversation must not be permitted to blaspheme it.
Ben Lindsey

Meaning of "unmarried mother" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF UNMARRIED MOTHER

unmarried mother  [ʌnˈmærɪd ˈmʌðə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNMARRIED MOTHER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Unmarried mother is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES UNMARRIED MOTHER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

unmarried mother

Single parent

A single parent is a parent, not living with a spouse or partner, who has most of the day-to-day responsibilities in raising the child or children. A single parent is usually considered the primary caregiver, meaning the parent the children have residency with the majority of the time. If the parents are separated or divorced, children live with their custodial parent and have visitation or secondary residence with their noncustodial parent. In western society in general, following separation, a child will end up with the primary caregiver, usually the mother, and a secondary caregiver, usually the father. Historically, death of a partner was a major cause of single parenting. Single parenting can result from separation, death, child abuse/neglect, or divorce of a couple with children. Custody battles, awarded by the court or rationalized in other terms, determine who the child will spend majority of their time with. This affects children in many ways, and counseling is suggested for them. A mother is typically the primary caregiver in a single parent family structure because of divorce or unplanned pregnancy.

Definition of unmarried mother in the English dictionary

The definition of unmarried mother in the dictionary is a woman who has a baby while she is not married.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNMARRIED MOTHER


another
əˈnʌðə
brother
ˈbrʌðə
foremother
ˈfɔːˌmʌðə
godmother
ˈɡɒdˌmʌðə
grandmother
ˈɡrænˌmʌðə
great-grandmother
ˌɡreɪtˈɡrændmʌðə
housemother
ˈhaʊsmʌðə
mother
ˈmʌðə
mutha
ˈmʌðə
other
ˈʌðə
smother
ˈsmʌðə
stepbrother
ˈstɛpˌbrʌðə
stepmother
ˈstɛpˌmʌðə
thother
ˈðʌðə
tother
ˈtʌðə
wuther
ˈwʌðə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNMARRIED MOTHER

unmantle
unmanufactured
unmanured
unmapped
unmarked
unmarketable
unmarred
unmarriable
unmarriageable
unmarried
unmarry
unmasculine
unmask
unmasker
unmastered
unmatchable
unmatched
unmated
unmaterial
unmaternal

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNMARRIED MOTHER

baby-mother
Big Brother
bother
each other
earth mother
either
every other
expectant mother
in one ear and out the other
no other
none other
one another
one way and another
one with another
or other
significant other
single mother
smoother
somehow or other
the other
through-other

Synonyms and antonyms of unmarried mother in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «unmarried mother» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UNMARRIED MOTHER

Find out the translation of unmarried mother to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of unmarried mother from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «unmarried mother» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

未婚妈妈
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

madre soltera
570 millions of speakers

English

unmarried mother
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अविवाहित मां
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الأم غير المتزوجة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

незамужняя мать
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

mãe solteira
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অবিবাহিত মা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mère célibataire
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ibu yang belum berkahwin
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

ledige Mutter
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

未婚の母
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

미혼모
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ibu sing ora kawin
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mẹ chưa lập gia đình
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

திருமணமாகாத தாய்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अविवाहित आई
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Evlenmemiş anne
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

madre non sposata
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

niezamężna matka
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

незаміжня мати
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mama necăsătorită
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

άγαμης μητέρας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ongetroude moeder
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ogift mor
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ugift mor
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of unmarried mother

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNMARRIED MOTHER»

The term «unmarried mother» is normally little used and occupies the 135.190 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UNMARRIED MOTHER» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about unmarried mother

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QUOTES WITH «UNMARRIED MOTHER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word unmarried mother.
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Ben Lindsey
I demand for the unmarried mother, as a sacred channel of life, the same reverence and respect as for the married mother; for Maternity is a cosmic thing and once it has come to pass, our conversation must not be permitted to blaspheme it.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNMARRIED MOTHER»

Discover the use of unmarried mother in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to unmarried mother and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Unmarried Mother
Sheila Tofield tells her moving true story about being a single mother in 1950s Britain, in The Unmarried Mother.
Sheila Tofield, 2013
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Sinners? Scroungers? Saints?: Unmarried Motherhood in ...
Covers the stories of unwed mothers and one of the voluntary organization that supported them throughout the century: The National Council for the Unmarried Mother and Her Child (which renamed itself), The National Council for One Parent ...
Pat Thane, Tanya Evans, 2012
3
European Family Law in Action: Parental responsibilities
HUNGARY (a) The unmarried mother An unmarried mother's parental responsibilities arise automatically unless the mother is a minor at the time of the child's birth. The extent of her parental responsibilities are identical to those of a married ...
Katharina Boele-Woelki, B. Braat, Ian Sumner, 2005
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The Baby Laundry for Unmarried Mothers
In 1963, London was on the brink of becoming one of the world's most vibrant cities. Angela Patrick was 19 years old, enjoying her first job working in the City when her life turned upside down.
Angela Patrick, 2012
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Wealth, Work, and Health: Innovations in Measurement in the ...
to co-reside with an unmarried mother (rather than an unmarried father) and with the wife's (rather than the husband's) unmarried parent. At its highest, the proportion of couples co-residing with a parent is only slightly more than 5 percent (5.3 ...
Francis Thomas Juster, James P. Smith, Robert James Willis, 1999
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Family, Economy, and Government in Ireland
unmarried mother can opt for the unmarried mother's allowance of £57.80 following the birth. The marriage grant was abolished in the 1970s to tie in with the removal of the provision which disqualified women on marriage from receiving ...
Finola Kennedy, 1989
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Differential Diagnosis and Treatment in Social Work
18 Ibid.; Shlakman, op. cit.; and Sidney Furie, "Birth Control and the Lower-Class Unmarried Mother," Social Work, Vol. 11, No. 1 (January 1966), pp. 42-49. 19 Bernstein, "The Maternal Role in the Treatment of Unmarried Mothers," and "Are  ...
Francis Joseph Turner, 1983
8
Lone Motherhood in Twentieth-century Britain: From Footnote ...
mothers were not promiscuous, nor were they mentally deficient, but they did purposefully set out to become mothers, which raised questions about their mental health: 'The serious problem of the unmarried mother is that her urge for a baby ...
Kathleen Kiernan, Jane E. Lewis, Hilary Land, 1998
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Adopted Children, how They Grow Up: A Study of Their ...
The theory behind such new emphasis in keeping mother and child together was that in this way the unmarried mother was likely to become more responsible and less likely to have a second illegitimate child. Reinforcing this argument was ...
Alexina Mary McWhinnie, 1998
10
Adopted Children Ils 123
The theory behind such new emphasis in keeping mother and child together was that in this way the unmarried mother was likely to become more responsible and less likely to have a second illegitimate child. Reinforcing this argument was ...
Alexina M McWhinnie, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNMARRIED MOTHER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term unmarried mother is used in the context of the following news items.
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Single Motherhood, in Decline Over All, Rises for Women 35 and …
In fact, however, the birthrate for unmarried mothers, which had been steadily increasing since the early 1980s, peaked in 2008 and has declined 14 percent ... «New York Times, May 15»
2
More than half of all children in the US will likely live with an …
IMAGE: The percentage of children under age 18 living with an unmarried mother has increased substantially since the 1960s, with the largest increase seen ... «EurekAlert, Dec 14»
3
Irish Govt minister reveals she was adopted from unmarried mothers
Burton, who is Ireland's Minister for Social Protection, was born to an unmarried woman in Carlow, in 1949. She was taken to the Temple Hill Mother and Baby ... «IrishCentral, Jun 14»
4
Ireland mass graves: Government to launch inquiry into homes for …
The Irish government is to launch an investigation into the treatment of children at homes for unmarried mothers run by members of the Catholic Church, Prime ... «The Independent, Jun 14»
5
Apology for stigmatisation of unmarried mothers
The Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference last night apologised “for hurt caused by the church” in terms of its role in society's “culture of isolation and social ... «Irish Times, Jun 14»
6
Top doctor and midwife reported dreadful conditions in homes
As the anger over the treatment of unmarried mothers and babies in Tuam, County Galway where 800 babies ended up in a mass grave has increased, other ... «IrishCentral, Jun 14»
7
Unmarried mothers, kids, in Tuam were scorned and shunned
They were speaking to IrishCentral about the mothers and babies secreted away to The Home, an 1840's institution run by the Bon Secours sisters in the town ... «IrishCentral, Jun 14»
8
Unmarried mothers to be in majority in Queensland by 2027
Queensland has a bigger percentage of unmarried mothers than New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia and South Australia. Northern Territory leads the ... «Courier Mail, Sep 13»
9
Unmarried mothers to be FINED in Chinese city to cut size of …
It has been interpreted in state media as mainly targeting unmarried mothers and women who have affairs with married men. The public has a week to comment ... «Daily Mail, Jun 13»
10
Single motherhood in US increases sharply
Overall, 36 percent of all births in the United States were to unmarried mothers in 2011, the year that the census analyzed from answers provided in the ... «Washington Post, May 13»

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