son of Adam

American  

noun

1. a man.

   He had all the weaknesses to which a son of Adam is heir.

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Example Sentences

“When I was a man, I was known as Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalalel, the son of Kenan, the son of Enosh, the son of Seth, the son of Adam. I lived on earth for sixty-five years, and then the Authority took me to his Kingdom.”

From Literature

“Will you carry this little son of Adam on your back to the mountain-valley I spoke of?”

From Literature

“You see, friends,” he said, “that before the new, clean world I gave you is seven hours old, a force of evil has already entered it; waked and brought hither by this son of Adam.”

From Literature

“Little son of Adam, you shall have help,” said Aslan.

From Literature

Another contender is Adam Clayton Powell IV, a former state assemblyman and the son of Adam Clayton Powell Jr., who held the Harlem district from 1944 until Rangel defeated him in 1970.

From Reuters