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What does parent mean?

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Noun
  1. One of the two persons from whom one is immediately biologically descended; a mother or father. [from 15th c.]
  2. A surrogate mother
  3. A third person who has provided DNA samples in a IVF procedure in order to alter faulty genetic material
  4. A person who acts as a parent in rearing a child; a step-parent or adoptive parent.
  5. (obsolete) A relative. [15th-18th c.]
  6. The source or origin of something. [from 16th c.]
  7. (biology) An organism from which a plant or animal is immediately biologically descended. [from 17th c.]
  8. (attributive) Sponsor, supporter, owner, protector.
    1. A parent company. [from 20th c.]
  9. (computing) The object from which a child or derived object is descended; a node superior to another node. [from 20th c.]
Verb
  1. To act as parent, to raise or rear.
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