[son] n [ME sone, fr. OE sunu; akin to OHG sun son, Gk hyios] (bef. 12c) 1 a: a male offspring esp. of human beings b: a male adopted child c: a male descendant
2. cap: the second person of the Trinity
3: a person closely associated with or deriving from a formative agent (as a nation, school, or race) -- son.hood n