Definition of "son" in English

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.

4. A male person considered to have been significantly shaped by social conflict.

   • He was a son of the mafia system.

5. A person regarded as the product of some place.

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

7. (UK, New York City, colloquial) An informal address to a friend or person of equal authority.

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

verb

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

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

noun

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