1
a
: a human male offspring especially of human beings
b
: a male adopted child
c
: a human male descendant
2
capitalized
: the second person of the Trinity
3
: a person closely associated with or deriving from a formative agent (such as a nation, school, or race)
Examples of son in a Sentence
Noun
She gave birth to a son.
They have two sons and a daughter.
He is the son of a lawyer and a doctor.
the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit
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Tiger Woods and his son, Charlie, created some excitement at the PNC Championship on Sunday when the young golfer made a hole in one during the tournament.
—Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 24 Dec. 2024
In 2018, his son Chris Rich — now a 32-year-old property manager — convinced him to take fewer in-person gigs and instead join the personalized video website Cameo.
—Megan Sauer,alex Koller,natalie Wu, CNBC, 24 Dec. 2024
The effort was sponsored by the senator’s son, Rep. John Sarbanes (D-Md.), along with the state’s congressional delegation.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 24 Dec. 2024
This case is separate from the undisclosed settlement Baldwin and other producers reached in 2022 with Hutchins’ husband and son in a wrongful-death lawsuit.
—Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2024
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“Son.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/son. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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son
noun1
a
: a male offspring especially of human parents
b
: a human male descendant
2
capitalized
: the second person of the Trinity
3
: a man or boy closely associated with or thought of as a child of something (as a country, race, or religion)
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