Bible Dictionaries
Parent

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) That which produces; cause; source; author; begetter; as, idleness is the parent of vice.

(2):

(n.) One who begets, or brings forth, offspring; a father or a mother.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Parent'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/parent.html. 1828.