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What is the noun for son?

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son
  1. One's male offspring.
  2. A male adopted person in relation to his adoption 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.
  7. (Britain, colloquial) An informal address to a friend or person of equal authority.
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  9. Examples:
    1. “In the early nineties, I gave birth to a son, and like all parents, I do sometimes wonder what the future holds for him.”
      “After that sad event, his widow returned to this county with her young son born of that marriage.”
sonhood
  1. The state, condition, or quality of being a son; sonship.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Clearly, the present results are only a first step toward a more scholarly understanding of the nature of sonhood and the role of son within the family dynamic.”
sonship
  1. The position or state of being a son.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Jesus' unusual conception and birth were by no means the chief ways in which the first Christians expressed their sense of his divine sonship.”
      “In his portrait of Jesus, Mark emphasizes both Jesus' sonship and his forsakenness.”
      “In the transfiguration the announcement of divine sonship is flanked by sayings of the necessity of the cross.”
sonling
  1. A young, little, or precious son.
sonhoods
sonlings
  1. plural of sonling
sonships
sons
  1. plural of son
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Meanwhile the factory of Joseph Terry and Sons Ltd was transformed by a lavish display of festoons, streamers and flags.”
      Sons of former U.S. presidents are more likely to become President of the United States than humble goatherds.”
      “The front interior is in satinwood, and the name-board is inscribed John Broadwood and Sons.”
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