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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
parent \par"ent\ (p[^a]r"ent or p[=a]r"ent; 277), noun [L. parens, -entis; akin to parere to bring forth; cf. Gr. porei^n to give, beget: cf. F. parent. Cf. {Part}.]
1. One who begets, or brings forth, offspring; a father or a mother.
Children, obey your parents in the Lord. --Eph. vi. 1.
2. That which produces; cause; source; author; begetter; as, idleness is the parent of vice.
Regular industry is the parent of sobriety. --Channing.
{Parent cell}. (Biol.) See {Mother cell}, under {Mother}, also {Cytula}.
{Parent nucleus} (Biol.), a nucleus which, in cell division, divides, and gives rise to two or more daughter nuclei. See {Karyokinesis}, and {Cell division}, under {Division}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
parent
noun: a father or mother; one who begets or one who gives birth to or nurtures and raises a child; a relative who plays the role of guardian [ant: {child}]
verb: bring up; "raise a family"; "bring up children" [syn: {rear}, {raise}, {bring up}, {nurture}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
51 Moby Thesaurus words for "parent": agent, ancestor, ancestorial, ancestral, ancestress, author, begetter, beginner, catalyst, causer, creator, effector, engenderer, father, fatherlike, fatherly, generator, grandfatherly, grandmotherly, grandparent, grandparental, guardian, inspirer, instigator, maker, mater, materfamilias, maternal, mother, motherlike, motherly, mover, origin, originator, parental, pater, paterfamilias, paternal, patriarchal, prime mover, primum mobile, procreator, producer, progenitor, progenitress, progenitrix, root, sire, source, stepfather, stepmother
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
parent (Or "mother", "precedessor") In a {tree}, a node which points to at least one {daughter} node. (1998-11-14)
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