son

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A person's male child.

   Their son became a famous judge.

2. 2
   noun

   A friendly way an older or senior person addresses a younger man or boy.

   Son, can't you see that she's just a little girl?

3. 3
   noun

   A man seen as a typical product of a particular place.

   He is celebrated as a famous son of the city.

Common collocations

• have a son Verb + noun
• eldest son Adjective + noun
• grown son Adjective + noun
• only son Adjective + noun
• teenage son Adjective + noun
• raise a son Verb + noun

From Middle English sonn, sone, sun, sune, from Old English sunu (“son”), from Proto-West Germanic *sunu, from Proto-Germanic *sunuz (“son”), from Proto-Indo-European *suHnús (“son”), from Proto-Indo-European *sewH- (“to bear; give birth”).

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