n.1 a boy or man in relation to either or both of his parents.
2 a a male descendant. b (foll. by of) a male member of a family, nation, etc.
3 a person regarded as inheriting an occupation, quality, etc., or associated with a particular attribute (sons of freedom; sons of the soil).
4 (in full my son) a form of address esp. to a boy.
5 (the Son) (in Christian belief) the second person of the Trinity.
Phrases and idioms:
son-in-law (pl. sons-in-law) the husband of one's daughter. son of a bitch sl. a general term of contempt. son of a gun colloq. a jocular or affectionate form of address or reference.
Derivatives:
sonless adj. sonship n.
Etymology: OE sunu f. Gmc