son
/sʌn/ noun A1- One's male offspring. · Before the birth of the man's child, he said: "I want a son, not a daughter."
- A male adopted person in relation to his adoptive parents.
- 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.
- A male person considered to have been significantly shaped by social conflict. · He was a son of the mafia system.
- A person regarded as the product of some place.
- A familiar address to a male person from an older or otherwise more authoritative person.
- The current version of a file, derived from the preceding father file.
Plural sons
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But I told him I was only mate, and that she belonged to the firm of Morrel & Son.
The Morrels have been shipowners from father to son; and there was a Morrel who served in the same regiment with me when I was in garrison at Valence.’”
I always knew you were a good son.”
“Yes, yes, I know how good a son you are, so now hasten away to see your father.
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