Agent and Parent

Agent

Agent noun - Something used to achieve an end.

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Parent and agent are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Parent" instead a noun "Agent".

Nearby Words: agency, agential

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.

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Agent and parent are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Agent" instead a noun "Parent".

Nearby Words: parentage, parenting, parenthood, parental, parentally

known	known agent	known parent
human	human agent	human parent
good	good agent	good parent
female	female agent	female parent
Other adjectives: best, perfect, dead, single, actual, real, male, main, young, new, mysterious, competent, said, biological, unnamed.

In the Dubliners short story "A Mother", the eponymous character behaves more like her daughter's agent than a parent.

Source: Meddling Parents
She ends up falling for Joseph Silverman, the surety agent who regularly sacrifices his time and effort on behalf of the studio and who offers to serve as the temporary foster parent to her child.

Source: Film / Hail, Caesar!
On Special Agent Oso, the kid who was helped in the episode may get this from their parent or parents after successfully completing whatever it was Oso was helping them to learn.

Source: So Proud of You

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