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Definition son

Etymology 1

From Middle English sonn, sone, sun, sune, from Old English sunu (“son”), from Proto-Germanic *sunuz (“son”), from Proto-Indo-European *suHnús (“son”), from Proto-Indo-European *sewH- (“to bear; give birth”). Cognate with Scots son (“son”), Saterland Frisian Suun (“son”), West Frisian soan (“son”), Dutch zoon (“son”), Afrikaans seun (“son”), Low German sone, son (“son”), German Sohn (“son”), Danish søn (“son”), Swedish son (“son”), Icelandic sonur (“son”), Lithuanian s?nùs (“son”), Russian ??? (syn, “son”), Avestan ?????‎ (h?nuš, “son”), Sanskrit ???? (s?nú, “son”), Ancient Greek ???? (huiús), ???? (huiós, “son”), Albanian çun (“lad, boy, son”), Armenian ????? (ustr, “son”), Tocharian B soy, so??ke (“son”).

Noun

son (plural sons)

1. One's male offspring.
2. A male adopted person in relation to his adoptive parents.
3. A male person who has such a close relationship with an older or otherwise more authoritative person that he can be regarded as a son of the other person. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
4. A male person considered to have been significantly shaped by some external influence.
5. A male descendant.
6. A familiar address to a male person from an older or otherwise more authoritative person.
7. (Britain, colloquial) An informal address to a friend or person of equal authority.

Etymology 2

From Middle English sonen, sunen, from the noun (see above).

Verb

son (third-person singular simple present sons, present participle sonning, simple past and past participle sonned)

1. (transitive) To produce (i.e. bear, father, beget) a son.
2. (transitive) To address (someone) as "son".

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