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.

Roget 166: paternity; parentage; consanguinity etc. 11.    parent; father, sire, dad, papa, paterfamilias, abba^†; genitor, progenitor, procreator; ancestor; grandsire^†, grandfather; great-grandfather; fathership^†, fatherhood; mabap^†.    house, stem, trunk, tree, stock, stirps, pedigree, lineage, line, family, tribe, sept, race, clan; genealogy, descent, extraction, birth, ancestry; forefathers, forbears, patriarchs.    motherhood, maternity; mother, dam, mamma, materfamilias [Lat.], grandmother.    ... show more

Dutch: ouder, moederplant, stamplant
Polish: rodzic

An organism (plant or animal) from which younger ones are obtained.

Dutch: bron, ouder

Look after a child until it is an adult.

synonyms: bring up, nurture, raise, rear.