sons

/sสŒnz/

IPA: /S AH1 N Z/

noun
  1. 1

    One's male offspring.

    โ€œBefore the birth of the man's child, he said: "I want a son, not a daughter."โ€

  2. 2

    A male adopted person in relation to his adoptive parents.

  3. 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. 4

    A male person considered to have been significantly shaped by some external influence.

    โ€œHe was a son of the mafia system.โ€

  5. 5

    A male descendant.

    โ€œThe pharaohs were believed to be sons of the Sun.โ€

  6. 6

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

  7. 7

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

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/son, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sons