son
1 Americannoun
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a male child or person in relation to his parents.
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a male child or person adopted as a son; a person in the legal position of a son.
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any male descendant.
a son of the Aztecs.
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a son-in-law.
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a person related as if by ties of sonship.
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a male person looked upon as the product or result of particular agencies, forces, influences, etc..
a true son of the soil.
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a familiar term of address to a man or boy from an older person, an ecclesiastic, etc.
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the Son, the second person of the Trinity; Jesus Christ.
noun
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a male offspring; a boy or man in relation to his parents
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a male descendant
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(often capital) a familiar term of address for a boy or man
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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
noun
Other Word Forms
- sonless adjective
- sonlike adjective
Etymology
Origin of son
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
Example Sentences
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On Tuesday, the president’s son Eric posted a first-look video for said library, which will reside on the waterfront in Miami.
From Los Angeles Times
Benjamas, a public school teacher, is especially worried about her four-year-old son, who started getting nosebleeds last year.
From BBC
"I've got to keep going because without me, what happens to my son? There is no choice."
From BBC
Tactacon had hoped to pay for her 23-year-old son to graduate from a police academy and for her two daughters, aged 22 and 24, to become nurses, a springboard for high-paying jobs overseas.
From BBC
A woman who was born without a womb and told she would not have children of her own went on to help deliver her biological son - who is about to celebrate his first birthday.
From BBC
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