son
noun
/sʌn/
1 countable a person’s male child
their four-year-old son
my teenage/eldest son
her young/baby son
We have two sons and a daughter.
They have three grown-up sons.
In January 1816 she gave birth to a son, William.
She is survived by a son, Christopher.
the birth/death of a son
son of somebody
He's the son of an Oxford professor.
He was like a son to me.
Maine & Sons, Grocers (= the name of a company on a sign)
2 ​singular (informal) 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?
3 ​countable (literary) a man who belongs to a particular place or country, etc.
one of France’s most famous sons
a native son of Philadelphia
​4 my son countable (formal) used by a priest to address a boy or man
​the Son singular Jesus Christ as the second member of the Trinity
5 the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit
Idioms
somebody’s favorite son
from father to son
like father, like son
the/a prodigal (son)
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Word Origin
Old English sunu, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zoon and German Sohn, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek huios.