son

[ suhn ]
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noun
  1. a male child or person in relation to his parents.

  2. a male child or person adopted as a son; a person in the legal position of a son.

  1. any male descendant: a son of the Aztecs.

  2. a son-in-law.

  3. a person related as if by ties of sonship.

  4. a male person looked upon as the product or result of particular agencies, forces, influences, etc.: a true son of the soil.

  5. a familiar term of address to a man or boy from an older person, an ecclesiastic, etc.

  6. the Son, the second person of the Trinity; Jesus Christ.

Origin of son

1
before 900; Middle English sone,Old English sunu; cognate with Dutch zoon,German Sohn,Old Norse sunr, sonr,Gothic sunus,Lithuanian sūnùs,Sanskrit sūnus; akin to Greek huiós

Other words from son

  • sonless, adjective
  • sonlike, adjective

Words Nearby son

Other definitions for son- (2 of 2)

son-

  1. variant of soni- before a vowel: sonance.

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How to use son in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for son (1 of 2)

son

/ (sʌn) /


noun
  1. a male offspring; a boy or man in relation to his parents

  2. a male descendant

  1. (often capital) a familiar term of address for a boy or man

  2. a male from a certain country, place, etc, or one closely connected with a certain environment: a son of the circus; a son of the manse

Origin of son

1
Old English sunu; related to Old Norse sunr, Gothic sunus, Old High German sunu, Lithuanian sūnus, Sanskrit sūnu

Other words from son

  • Related adjective: filial

Derived forms of son

  • sonless, adjective
  • sonlike, adjective

British Dictionary definitions for Son (2 of 2)

Son

/ (sʌn) /


noun
  1. Christianity the second person of the Trinity, Jesus Christ

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Other Idioms and Phrases with son

son

In addition to the idiom beginning with son

  • song and dance
  • son of a bitch

also see:

  • favorite son
  • like father, like son

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