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son

/sɒn/
noun
  1. One's male offspring.

    "Before the birth of the man's child, he said: "I want a son, not a daughter.""

  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.

Antonymsdaughter, father, mother, parent

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