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son(noun)BrE / sʌn / NAmE / sʌn / - a person’s male child
- We have two sons and a daughter.
- They have three grown-up sons.
- He's the son of an Oxford professor.
- Maine & Sons, Grocers (= the name of a company on a sign)
- a friendly form of address that is used by an older man to a young man or boy
- Well, son, how can I help you?
- a man who belongs to a particular place or country, etc.
- one of France’s most famous sons
- used by a priest to address a boy or man
- Jesus Christ as the second member of the Trinity
- the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit
- a performer, politician, sports player, etc., who is popular where they were born
- (in the US) a candidate for president who is supported by his or her own state in the first part of a campaign
- from one generation of a family to the next
- used to say that a son’s character or behaviour is similar to that of his father
- a person who leaves home and wastes their money and time on a life of pleasure, but who later is sorry about this and returns home
Extra Examples- Living alone and trying to bring up a young son is no easy task.
- The queen bore him four fine sons.
- They have three young sons.
- They welcomed me like a long-lost son.
- They’ve got three young sons.
- a native son of Philadelphia
- a single parent raising her son alone
- an illegitimate son of Louis XV
- his wife and unborn son
- He’s the son of an Oxford professor.
- Maine & Sons, Grocers
Word Origin- Old English sunu, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zoon and German Sohn, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek huios.
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