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son definition

son (sun)

noun

  1. a boy or man as he is related to either or both parents: sometimes also used of animals
  2. a male descendant
    1. a stepson
    2. an adopted son
    3. a son-in-law
  3. a male thought of as having been formed by some influence, as a child is by a parent sons of France
  4. an affectionate or familiar form of address to a boy or man, as used by an older person

Etymology: ME sone < OE sunu, akin to Ger sohn, Goth sunus < IE *sūnus < base *seu-, to give birth to > Sans sūyatē, (she) bears, OIr suth, birth

son Idioms

the Son

Christian Theol. Jesus Christ, as the second person of the Trinity

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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