son

son
/sVn/ noun
1 (C) someone's male child: Her son Sean was born in 1983. | They have three sons and a daughter.
—see also: like father like son father 1 (7)
2 (singular) used by an older person as a friendly way to address a boy or young man: What's your name, son?
3 the Son Jesus Christ; the second member of the group that includes God the Father and the holy spirit
4 my son used by a priest to address a man or boy
5 (countable usually plural) literary a man from a particular place or country, or a man who has a particular job: sons of Britain who fell in battle
—see also: favourite son favourite 1 (2)

Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.

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