baby-father

See also: baby father and babyfather

English

Noun

baby-father (plural baby-fathers)

  1. Alternative form of babyfather.
    • 1997, Suzanne LaFont, Deborah Pruitt, “The Colonial Legacy: Gendered Laws in Jamaica”, in Consuelo López Springfield, editor, Daughters of Caliban: Caribbean Women in the Twentieth Century, Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University Press; London: Latin America Bureau, →ISBN, part IV (Women, Law, and Political Change), page 221:
      Many women report that when their baby-fathers learn of their intention to take them to court, the women are harassed and often beaten, and the father may threaten to steal the child or countersue for custody (LaFont 1996).
    • 1999, Linda Davies, Margaret McKinnon, Prue Rains, “‘On My Own’: A New Discourse of Dependence and Independence from Teen Mothers”, in James Wong, David Checkland, editors, Teen Pregnancy and Parenting: Social and Ethical Issues, Toronto, Ont.: University of Toronto Press, →ISBN, page 43:
      The considerations these teen mothers had regarding their relationships with baby-fathers suggest that they do not expect to depend on baby-fathers financially, and indeed prefer to retain a degree of independence in this respect.
    • 2006, Heather A. Horst, Daniel Miller, “Locations”, in The Cell Phone: An Anthropology of Communication, Oxford, Oxfordshire; New York, N.Y.: Berg, →ISBN, pages 52–53:
      But, given the common family structure of single-headed households, 48 per cent of households benefited significantly from money received from those employed in other households, including baby-fathers, boyfriends and siblings, to the tune of $JA7,671 each month.
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