son

[ suhn ]

/ sʌn /

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noun

a male child or person in relation to his parents.

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

any male descendant: a son of the Aztecs.

a son-in-law.

a person related as if by ties of sonship.

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

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

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

Words nearby son

somogyi unit, somoni, somoza, somoza debayle, somy, son, son et lumière, son of a bitch, son of a gun, son of adam, son of god

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

OTHER WORDS FROM son

son·less, adjectiveson·like, adjective

Definition for son (2 of 2)

son-

variant of soni- before a vowel: sonance.

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Examples from the Web for son

“They know there are drug spots,” said Wanda Williams, who was out for a walk with her son.
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Jennie kept his parliamentary vestments for her son, apparently instilling in Winston the sense that he would be a leader.
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Among the other graduates was Officer Kevin Lynch, brother and son of police officers.
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He stood holding his 21-month-old son, Jamison, his wife, Kelly, at his side.
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His son, Yaqoob Bizenjo, served as a member of the National Assembly until 2013.
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That father too embraced him and asked him in the presence of all,—“Do you remember both your lives, my son?”
The Kath Sarit Sgara|Somadeva Bhatta
I too am a son of Jhebbal Sag, out of a fire-being from a far realm.
Beyond the Black River|Robert E. Howard
He had supposed that a rich man's son, because he was a rich man's son, always had all the money he wanted.
'As Gold in the Furnace'|John E. Copus
There at that time lived Thorstein, Egil's son, his mother's brother.
Laxdla Saga|Anonymous
The son at this period would have awoke him, but he became more composed, for a time, and enjoyed apparently a refreshing sleep.
Fardorougha, The Miser|William Carleton

British Dictionary definitions for son (1 of 2)

son

/ (sʌn) /

noun

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

a male descendant

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

a male from a certain country, place, etc, or one closely connected with a certain environmenta son of the circus; a son of the manse

Other words from son

Related adjective: filial

Derived forms of son

sonless, adjectivesonlike, adjective

Word Origin for son

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

British Dictionary definitions for son (2 of 2)

Son

/ (sʌn) /

noun

Christianity the second person of the Trinity, Jesus Christ

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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

son

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Origin of son

OTHER WORDS FROM son

Definition for son (2 of 2)

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British Dictionary definitions for son (1 of 2)

noun

Other words from son

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Word Origin for son

British Dictionary definitions for son (2 of 2)

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