noun

1. a boy or man as he is related to either or both parents: sometimes also used of animals
2. a male descendant
3. 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