parent

A female person whose egg unites with a sperm or a male person whose sperm unites with an egg, resulting in the conception of a child or the birth of a child.

A female person who is pregnant with or gives birth to a child except when someone else has legal rights to the child.

A person who adopts a child.

A person who raises a child.

An ancestor; a progenitor.

An organism that produces or generates offspring.

A guardian; a protector.

A parent company.

A source or cause; an origin.