/ sʌn; NAmE / noun
1.
[ C ] 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)
2.
[ sing. ] ( 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.
[ C ] ( literary ) a man who belongs to a particular place or country, etc. :
one of France's most famous sons
4.
my son ( formal ) used by a priest to address a boy or man
5.
the Son [ sing. ] Jesus Christ as the second member of the Trinity :
the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit
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IDIOMS
see father noun , favourite adjective , prodigal
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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 .