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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"The lawyers told us he is strong. He said we must not be sad," said his son, Nicolas Maduro Guerra, adding his father told him: "We are fine, we are fighters."
From Barron's
But has the entrepreneurial spirit that he inherited from his grandfather and mother been passed down to his eight-year-old son?
From BBC
According to court documents reviewed by The Times, Paul was not granted visitation with their son, and a temporary protective order was issued against Paul on March 20.
From Los Angeles Times
Boozer, 18, is the son of longtime NBA player Carlos Boozer.
From MarketWatch
He found it as a father of three — daughters Clara, 37, and Sunny Bebop, 20, from previous relationships, and son Darius, 3, with wife Melody Ehsani, who was pregnant when he reconnected with the trumpet.
From Los Angeles Times
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