(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
Someone’s ~ is their male child.
He shared a pizza with his ~ Laurence...
Sam is the seven-year-old ~ of Eric Davies...
They have a ~.
N-COUNT: oft with poss
2.
A man, especially a famous man, can be described as a ~ of the place he comes from. (JOURNALISM)
...New Orleans’s most famous ~, Louis Armstrong.
...~s of Africa.
N-COUNT: with poss
3.
Some people use ~ as a form of address when they are showing kindness or affection to a boy or a man who is younger than them. (INFORMAL)
Don’t be frightened by failure, ~.
N-VOC feelings