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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
  4. a male thought of as having been formed by some influence, as a child is by a parent sons of France
  5. 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

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son

n.

male child, offspring, descendant, foster son, dependent, scion, heir, boy, junior*, chip off the old block*, his father's son*, sliver*.


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son Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • bear: I only can find 2 of his sons born in bethnal Green London.

Adjective modifier

  • eldest: The picture is of the earl's eldest son paying his final respects.

Modifies a noun

  • Nichola: Their son Nicholas was born in 1976 and daughter Larissa in 1977.

Noun used with modifier

  • thy: Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son 's mandrakes.

Possessives

  • mandrake: Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes.

Possessives

  • carpenter: Edward Richard George Heath was a carpenter's son from Broadstairs in Kent.

Preposition: of

  • bitch: I had to beat the son of a bitch to death with the chair!
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son quotes

Nam tibi carior est ille filius equae quam ille filius Dei? Is this son of a mare dearer to you, then, than that son of God?

-St Aidan

Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whomthou lovest.

-Bible (Old Testament)

Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours.

-Bible (Old Testament)

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