Father or mother (6)
I believe the answer is:
parent
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">I believe this clue is a double definition.<br/ ><br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">father</span>' is the first definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I know that father can be written as parent)</span><br/ ><br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">mother</span>' is the second definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I know that mother can be written as parent)</span><br/ ><br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for parent that I've seen before include "E.g. father" , "a dam, perhaps" , "governor, for example" , "One raises issue" , "One with children" .)