son
noun [C] /sʌn/Definition
A1 your male child: This is our son Raja. We have two sons and three daughters.Family relations in general › used as an informal form of address by a man to a boy: Come on, son, we haven't got all day.Names and titles a son of somewhere literary › a man who was born in a particular place: that notable son of Württemberg, Martin BrechtPeople who live or settle somewhereOrigins and sources
(Definition of son noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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