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son

1

[ suhn ]

noun

  1. a male child or person in relation to his parents.
  2. a male child or person adopted as a son; a person in the legal position of a son.
  3. any male descendant:

    a son of the Aztecs.

  4. a son-in-law.
  5. a person related as if by ties of sonship.
  6. a male person looked upon as the product or result of particular agencies, forces, influences, etc.:

    a true son of the soil.

  7. a familiar term of address to a man or boy from an older person, an ecclesiastic, etc.
  8. the Son, the second person of the Trinity; Jesus Christ.


son-

2
  1. variant of soni- before a vowel:

    sonance.

son

1

/ sʌn /

noun

  1. a male offspring; a boy or man in relation to his parents
  2. a male descendant
  3. often capital a familiar term of address for a boy or man
  4. 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

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


Son

2

/ sʌn /

noun

  1. Christianity the second person of the Trinity, Jesus Christ
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈsonless, adjective
  • ˈsonˌlike, adjective
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Other Words From

  • sonless adjective
  • sonlike adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of son1

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
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Word History and Origins

Origin of son1

Old English sunu; related to Old Norse sunr, Gothic sunus, Old High German sunu, Lithuanian sūnus, Sanskrit sūnu
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Idioms and Phrases

In addition to the idiom beginning with son , also see favorite son ; like father, like son .
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Example Sentences

His mother, Mandy Lawrence, said: "My son has seen murderers come in and murderers go home again, and he's not a murderer. It's ridiculous."

From BBC

A mother whose autistic son has spent 10 months in hospital has said he is being locked away and robbed of a future.

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An Iraq war veteran and the son of immigrants, Gallego rose to prominence in the Democratic Party as a steadfast progressive.

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Rubio, the son of Cuban immigrants, was once a challenger to and critic of Trump, but has become a staunch defender and campaign surrogate.

Lurie, 47, was born in San Francisco, the son of a rabbi.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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