son of Adam

noun

1. a man:

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

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

“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

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

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