son S1 W1 /sʌn/ BrE AmE noun
[ Language: Old English ; Origin: sunu ]
1 . [countable] someone’s male child ⇨ daughter :
Her son Sean was born in 1983.
They have three sons and a daughter.
In those days, the property went to the eldest son.
their youngest son, George
son of
the son of a poor farmer
⇨ like father like son at ↑ father 1 (7)
2 . [singular] spoken used by an older person as a way to address a boy or young man:
What’s your name, son?
3 . the Son Jesus Christ, the second member of the group from the Christian religion that also includes the Father and the Holy Spirit
4 . [countable] written a man, especially a famous man, from a particular place or country:
Frank Sinatra, New Jersey’s most famous son
5 . my son used by a priest to address a man or boy
⇨ favourite son at ↑ favourite 1 (2)