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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Jurors heard she was permitted to hold her son's hand when his life support was withdrawn, and was heard to say: "I should have protected you."
From BBC
Many people thought it was madness, but Ivo, convinced of his decision, packed everything into a small truck and drove nine hours with his son to Belo Horizonte.
From BBC
"What can you do with this good-for-nothing pension? Were it not for my son helping me out I'd be unable to buy my medicine," she complained at the march in the capital, Caracas.
From Barron's
"The lawyers told us he is strong. He said we must not be sad," said his only son, Nicolas Maduro Guerra, quoting his father as saying "we are fine, we are fighters."
From Barron's
My son needed a typing tutor using meaningful sentences that would score his accuracy and speed.
From BBC
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