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SON
Son, Word, Logos
(noun) the divine word of God; the second person in the Trinity (incarnate in Jesus)
son, boy
(noun) a male human offspring; “their son became a famous judge”; “his boy is taller than he is”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
SON
Initialism of supraoptic nucleus.
Phrase
SON
(philately) Initialism of socked on the nose.
Proper noun
SON
Abbreviation of Sonora. (state of Mexico)
Anagrams
• NOS, Nos, Nos., nos, nos., ons
Etymology 1
Noun
son (plural sons)
One's male offspring.
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 some external influence.
A male descendant.
A familiar address to a male person from an older or otherwise more authoritative person.
(UK, colloquial) An informal address to a friend or person of equal authority.
Synonyms
• See also son
Antonyms
• (with regards to gender) daughter
• (with regards to ancestry) father, mother, parent
Hypernyms
• child
Etymology 2
Verb
son (third-person singular simple present sons, present participle sonning, simple past and past participle sonned)
(transitive) To produce (i.e. bear, father, beget) a son.
(transitive) To address (someone) as "son".
Anagrams
• NOS, Nos, Nos., nos, nos., ons
Proper noun
the Son
(Christianity) one of the three persons of the Trinity, believed to have become incarnated in Jesus Christ
Anagrams
• NOS, Nos, Nos., nos, nos., ons
Source: Wiktionary
Son, n. Etym: [OE. sone, sune, AS. sunu; akin to D. zoon, OS., OFries., & OHG. sunu, G. sohn, Icel. sonr, Sw. son, Dan. sön, Goth. sunus, Lith. sunus, Russ. suin', Skr. sunu (from su to beget, to bear), and Gr. Sow, n.]
1. A male child; the male issue, or offspring, of a parent, father or mother. Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son. Gen. xxi. 2.
2. A male descendant, however distant; hence, in the plural, descendants in general. I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings. Isa. xix. 11. I am the Lord, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed. Mal. iii. 6.
3. Any young male person spoken of as a child; an adopted male child; a pupil, ward, or any other male dependent. The child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. Ex. ii. 10. Be plain, good son, and homely in thy drift. Shak.
4. A native or inhabitant of some specified place; as, sons of Albion; sons of New England.
5. The produce of anything. Earth's tall sons, the cedar, oak, and pine. Blackmore.
6. (Commonly with the def. article)
Definition: Jesus Christ, the Savior; -- called the Son of God, and the Son of man. We . . . do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Savior of the world. 1 John iv. 14. Who gave His Son sure all has given. Keble.
Note: The expressions son of pride, sons of light, son of Belial, are Hebraisms, which denote persons possessing the qualitites of pride, of light, or of Belial, as children inherit the qualities of their ancestors. Sons of the prophets. See School of the prophets, under Prophet.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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