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sons

/sʌnz/ · noun

Meaning

  1. One's male offspring.
  2. A male adopted person in relation to his adoptive parents.
  3. 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.
  4. A male person considered to have been significantly shaped by some external influence.
  5. A male descendant.
  6. A familiar address to a male person from an older or otherwise more authoritative person.

Etymology / origin

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Descendant words

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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