co-parent

See also: coparent

English

Etymology

• co- +‎ parent

Noun

co-parent (plural co-parents)

1. Someone who shares in the parenting of a child or children, such as:

   a godparent

   a divorced or separated parent who shares custody with the other parent.

   a parent in a same-sex couple

   • 2006, Richard S. Kitchen, Sylvia Celedon-pattichis, Julie Depree, Jonathan Brinkerhoff, Mathematics education at highly effective schools that serve the poor, page 144:

     teacher's roles need to be as co-parents

Related terms

• co-parents-in-law (parents who a related through their married children)
• co-mother, co-father, godparent

Translations

person sharing parenting

• French: coparent (fr) m
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Verb

co-parent (third-person singular simple present co-parents, present participle co-parenting, simple past and past participle co-parented)

1. to act as a co-parent, to share custody of a child or children, to share in the responsibility of parenting a child or children

Anagrams

• Caperton, portance, rent-a-cop