son
noun
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
sonless
-
a word derived from
son.
Example Sentences
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Distaff: Button-popping with pride was pop-eyed Eddie Cantor, sonless father of five; a daughter had popped up with bells on in show business.
From Time Magazine Archive
They believed that Prince Carlo Alberto, who stood next but one in succession to the throne, though only a distant cousin of the sonless king, was in sympathy with them and would act with them.
From A Short History of Italy (476-1900) by Henry Dwight Sedgwick
Unto the sonless Sudra his master should offer the funeral cake.
From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 by Kisari Mohan Ganguli
Great Caesar, you declared, Sank sonless to his rest; was greater deemed Even for the isolation.
From The Dynasts by Thomas Hardy
So dear father took a stroll out into the village, and being sonless adopted a young boy as the head of his house.
From The Lady and Sada San A Sequel to the Lady of the Decoration by Frances Little
