Definition of Son

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Definition of Son

Son

A male child; the male issue, or offspring, of a parent, father or mother.

A male descendant, however distant; hence, in the plural, descendants in general.

Any young male person spoken of as a child; an adopted male child; a pupil, ward, or any other male dependent.

A native or inhabitant of some specified place; as, sons of Albion; sons of New England.

The produce of anything.

Jesus Christ, the Savior; -- called the Son of God, and the Son of man.

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Son Quotations

When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry.
William Shakespeare

The father is always a Republican toward his son, and his mother's always a Democrat.
Robert Frost

My son is now an "entrepreneur." That's what you're called when you don't have a job.
Ted Turner

God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering.
Saint Augustine

The first step, my son, which one makes in the world, is the one on which depends the rest of our days.
Voltaire

Somoza may be a son of a bitch, but he's our son of a bitch.
Franklin D. Roosevelt

A son can bear with equanimity the loss of his father, but the loss of his inheritance may drive him to despair.
Niccolo Machiavelli

Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid, one who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat, and humble and gentle in victory.
Douglas MacArthur

My son complains about headaches. I tell him all the time, when you get out of bed, it's feet first!
Henny Youngman

If the relationship of father to son could really be reduced to biology, the whole earth would blaze with the glory of fathers and sons.
James A. Baldwin

Son Translations

son in Afrikaans is seun
son in Dutch is zoon
son in Finnish is poika
son in French is fils
son in German is Sohn
son in Italian is figlio, figliuolo
son in Latin is filius
son in Portuguese is filho
son in Spanish is hijo
son in Swedish is son

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