Son

Son

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

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Famous quotes containing the word son:

    “My son and daughter tell me where they are in very different ways. I know where my son is because I hear him. I know where my daughter is because she tells me.”
    —Anonymous Father. Raising a Daughter by Jeanne Elium and Don Elium, ch. 1 (1994)

    “As the son straddled
    the husband’s back
    when he fell at her feet,
    the housewife,
    though burnt by certain anger,
    began to laugh.”
    —Hla Stavhana (c. 50 A.D.)

    “Oh my son’s my son till he gets him a wife,
    But my daughter’s my daughter all her life.”
    —Dinah Maria Mulock Craik (1826–1887)