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Unfilial

Not befitting or proper for a son.

Son

A son is a male offspring; a boy or man in relation to his parents. The female counterpart is a daughter.

Unfilial

Unsuitable to a son or a daughter; undutiful; not becoming a child.

Son

One's male child.

Son

A male descendant.
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Son

A man considered as if in a relationship of child to parent
A son of the soil.

Son

One personified or regarded as a male descendant.

Son

Used as a familiar form of address for a young man.

Son

Son(Christianity) The second person of the Trinity.

Son

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

A male adopted person in relation to his adoptive parents.

Son

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.

Son

A male person considered to have been significantly shaped by some external influence.
He was a son of the mafia system.

Son

A male descendant.
The pharaohs were believed to be sons of the Sun.

Son

A familiar address to a male person from an older or otherwise more authoritative person.

Son

An informal address to a friend or person of equal authority.

Son

(computing) The current version of a file, derived from the preceding father file.

Son

(music genre) Son cubano, a genre of music and dance blending Spanish and African elements that originated in Cuba during the late 19th century.

Son

(transitive) To produce (i.e. bear, father, beget) a son.

Son

(transitive) To address (someone) as "son".

Son

A male child; the male issue, or offspring, of a parent, father or mother.
Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son.

Son

A male descendant, however distant; hence, in the plural, descendants in general.
I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings.
I am the Lord, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.

Son

Any young male person spoken of as a child; an adopted male child; a pupil, ward, or any other young male dependent.
The child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son.
Be plain, good son, and homely in thy drift.

Son

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

Son

The produce of anything.
Earth's tall sons, the cedar, oak, and pine.

Son

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.
Who gave His Son sure all has given.

Son

A male human offspring;
Their son became a famous judge
His boy is taller than he is

Son

The divine word of God; the second person in the Trinity (incarnate in Jesus)

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