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A SON

Definition: A SON

A SON

1. (or man) of Belial , a worthless, wicked, or thoroughly depraved person. --1 Sam. ii. 12.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Synonyms within Context: A SON

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Taste

Phrase: nihil tetigit quod non ornavit; chacun a son gout; oculi pictura tenentur aures cantibus.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: A SON

Specialty definitions using "A SON": ABEL, Abram-colour, Abstainer, Acis, Adamites, Adfiliate, Adfiliation, Adonijah, Agrippa I., Alako, Alemeth, Allon, Althæa's Brand, Amasai, Anomoeans, Aquilant, Archelaus, Archers, Archippus, Argentile, Asmodeus, Asnapper, Autolycus, AzazilBalafré, Barbeliots, Barjesus, Bar-jesus, Basilics, BATCHELOR'S SON, Benhadad, Ben-hadad, Bered, Beriah, Beth Gelert, Birsha, Birth, Blimber, Bomba, BRISTOL MAN, Brocklehurst, Brut d'Angleterre, BuphagosCalisto and Arcas, Canace, Carmi, Casabianca, Catharine Theot, Celts, Chedorlaomer, Cherry Fairs, Chezib, Chimham, Chip of the Old Block, Column at Boulogne, Comus, Coronation Chair, CUPIDDAEDALUS, Danaos, DAVID, Dedan, Delphin Classics, Divinity in Odd Numbers, Dolopatos, Dombey, Domisellus, DonegildEhud, Elhanan, Eliam, Elihu, Elishua, Elkanah, Epher, EuniceFairy, Ferrau, Fion, Fo-hi, FOLLY, FRANKALMOIGNEGay Girl, Gemmagog, Genovefa, GENTEEL, Genubath, Gertrude, Godmer, Golden Shower, Goodluck's Close, Grangousier, Great Men, Grimes, Grimsby, Guelpho, Guendolna, Guerino Meschino, Guiderius, GynethHagan of Trony. (references)

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Modern Usage: A SON

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Number two, I got a son. He's a little slow, but a good boy, and somethin' tells me he'd make a helluva leadin' man. (Ed Wood; writing credit: Scott Alexander)

When a son doesn't want to play catch with his father something is definitely wrong. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

A son would be cool. (Extreme Ghostbusters; writing credit: Brooks Wachtel)

You asked me to marry you, and I did. You wanted a family, and I gave you a son. And now you just want me to watch you walk away? (Charmed; writing credit: Colman deKay)

Will you tell the director he's a son of a bitch? (Making of 'Jackass: The Movie'; writing credit: Danny Miller)

Lyrics

A son was born to me; Mama held his hand, ("SOMEDAY NEVER COMES"; performing artist: Creedence Clearwater Revival)

And if I ever have a son, I think I'm gonna name him ("A Boy Named Sue"; performing artist: Johnny Cash)

Now you're messin' with a son of a bitch ("Hair Of The Dog"; performing artist: Nazareth)

Who had a son ("Slip Slidin' Away"; performing artist: PAUL SIMON)

We had a daughter and a son ("I BELIEVE IN LOVE"; performing artist: Paula Cole)

Clever

By the time a man realizes that his father was right, he has a son who thinks he's wrong. (references; author: unknown)

Movie/TV Titles

Chaque jour a son secret (1958)

To Dorothy a Son (1954)

A Son Is Born (1946)

Tarzan Finds a Son! (1939)

A Son Comes Home (1936)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: A SON

DomainTitle

Books

  • When the Colts Belonged to Baltimore: A Father and a Son, a Team and a Time (reference)

  • Five Cries of Grief: One Family's Journey to Healing After the Tragic Death of a Son (reference)

  • That's Amore: A Son Remembers Dean Martin (reference)

  • Dearest Father, the Civil War Letters of Lt. Frank Dickerson, a Son of Belfast, Maine (reference)

  • Just in Case I Can't Be There: A Dad's Counsel to a Son or Daughter Leaving Home (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: A SON

AuthorQuotation

Edward Gibbon

I sighed as a lover, I obeyed as a son.

Gustave Flaubert

A son of my own! Oh, no, no, no! Let my flesh perish with me, and let me not transmit to anyone the boredom and the ignominiousness of life.

Mencius

To raise a son without learning is raising an ass; to raise a daughter without learning is raising a pig.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: A SON

AuthorDateQuotation

John Locke

1690

The power of commanding ends with nonage; and though, after that, honour and respect, support and defence, and whatsoever gratitude can oblige a man to, for the highest benefits he is naturally capable of, be always due from a son to his parents; yet all this puts no scepter into the father's hand, no sovereign power of commanding. (Second Treatise of Government)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: A SON

TitleAuthorQuote

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

She has a son, robbery, and a daughter, hunger.

Absalom and Achitophel

John Dryden

And all to leave what with his toil he won To that unfeather'd two-legged thing, a son.

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

The devil, once a shining angel, a son of the morning, now a foul fiend, came in the shape of a serpent, the subtlest of all the beasts of the field.

Something Wicked This Way Comes

Ray Bradbury

Why? She's immortal. She has a son.

King Richard III

Shakespeare, William

The loss you have is but a son being King, And by that loss your daughter is made Queen.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: A SON

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

This daughter, a "carrier," might have a son with 1,000 repeats and the full blown Fragile X syndrome. (references)

Political Economy

Saudi Arabia

It is ruled by King Fahd bin Abd Al-Aziz Al Saud, a son of King Abd Al-Aziz Al Saud, who unified the country in the early 20th century. (references)

Sudan

Women are ensured inheritance from their parents; however, a daughter inherits half the share of a son, and a widow inherits a smaller percent than her children. (references)

Women

Lebanon

For example, Sunni inheritance law provides a son twice the inheritance of a daughter. (references)

Worker Rights

China

Domestically most trafficked children are sold to couples unable to have children; in particular, boys are trafficked to couples unable to have a son. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: A SON

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Art Linkletter

So losing two out of five. Suicide from having been given LSD and a son in an automobile accident. So I have had tragedies.

Pierce Brosnan

Of course it is because they're missed. It's final. It's over, and especially when you have children like I do. I have two stepchildren and a son from that family and that time. And, you know, you check in with them.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: A SON

The following table summarizes names derived from the word "A SON".
 
NameGenderLanguageMeaning
BartoloméN/ASpanish

A son that suspends the waters

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

 

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Expression: A SON

Expression using "A SON": chacun a son gout. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: A SON

Language Translations for "A SON"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Finnish

  

heille syntyi poika (a son was born to them). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

feleséget és egy fiút hagy hátra (to leave a wife and a son). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

一子相伝 (transmission of a trade secret from father to a son). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

いっしそうで" (transmission of a trade secret from father to a son). (various references)

   

Manx

  

mic (of a son). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

aay onsay.(various references)

   

Scottish

  

mac (son, the young of any animal). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Bible Trace: A SON

LanguageDateSourceGenesis Chapter 19, Verse 37
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintKai eteken h presbutera uion kai ekalesen to onoma autou mwab legousa ek tou patroV mou outoV pathr mwabitwn ewV thV shmeron hmeraV
Latin405VulgatePeperitque maior filium et vocavit nomen eius Moab ipse est pater Moabitarum usque in praesentem diem
Old English990West SaxonOnd seo yldre acende sunu, þone heo het Moab, se ys Moabitiscra fæder oð ðisne andweardan dæg.
Middle English1395WyclifAnd the more bare a sone, and clepide the name of hym Moab; he is the fadir of Moabytes vnto the day that is now.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleAnd the elder bare a sone and called hym Moab which is the father of the Moabytes vnto this daye.
Jacobean English1611King JamesAnd the first born bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day.
Victorian English1833WebsterAnd the first-born bore a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites to this day.
Basic English1964OgdenAnd the older daughter had a son, and she gave him the name Moab: he is the father of the Moabites to this day.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: A SON

LanguageGenesis Chapter 19, Verse 37
BulgarianИ по-старата роди син и го наименува Моав; той е до днес отец на моавците.
CebuanoUg nanganak ang magulang ug usa ka anak nga lalake, ug gihinganlan niya ang iyang ngalan si Moab, nga mao ang amahan sa mga Moabitanhon hangtud karong adlawa.
Chinese大 女 ' " 了 ' 子 、 給 他 起 名 叫 摩 押 、 就 是 現 今 摩 押 人 的 始 祖 。
CroatianStarija rodi sina i nadjenu mu ime Moab. On je praotac današnjih Moabaca.
Danishog den ældste fødte en Søn, som hun kaldte Moab; han er Moabs Stamfader den Dag i Dag.
DutchEn de eerstgeborene baarde een zoon, en noemde zijn naam Moab; deze is de vader der Moabieten, tot op dezen dag.
FinnishJa vanhempi synnytti pojan ja antoi hänelle nimen Mooab; hänestä polveutuvat mooabilaiset aina tähän päivään saakka.
FrenchL`aînée enfanta un fils, qu`elle appela du nom de Moab: c`est le père des Moabites, jusqu` ce jour.
GermanUnd die ältere gebar einen Sohn, den nannte sie Moab. Von dem kommen her die Moabiter bis auf den heutigen Tag.
Haitian CreolePi gran an fè yon pitit gason, li rele l' Moab. Se li menm ki zansèt moun Moab yo ki la jouk koulye a.
HungarianÉs szûle a nagyobbik fiat, és nevezé annak nevét Moábnak; ez a Moábiták atyja mind e mai napig.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariAnak yang sulung melahirkan anak laki-laki yang dinamakannya Moab. Dia menjadi leluhur orang Moab yang sekarang.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaMaka yang sulung itupun beranaklah laki-laki seorang, dinamainya akan dia Moab; ia itulah asal orang Moabi sampai sekarang ini.
ItalianLa maggiore partorì un figlio e lo chiamò Moab. Costui è il padre dei Moabiti che esistono fino ad oggi.
Korean큰 " 은 아 " 을 낳 아 이 름 을 모 압 이 라 하 였 으 니 오 늘 모 압 족 속 의 조 상 이 "
MaoriA ka whanau ta te tuakana, he tama, a huaina ana e ia tona ingoa ko Moapa: ko ia te papa o nga Moapi, a tae noa ki tenei ra.
Modern GreekΚαι εγεννησεν η πρεσβυτερα υιον και εκαλεσε το ονομα αυτου Μωαβ· ουτος ειναι ο πατηρ των Μωαβιτων εως της σημερον.
NorwegianOg den eldste fødte en sønn og kalte ham Moab; han er stamfar til moabittene, som er til den dag idag.
PortugueseA primogênita deu a luz a um filho, e chamou-lhe Moabe; este é o pai dos moabitas de hoje.   
RumanianCea mai mare a nqscut un fiu, cqruia i -a pus numele Moab; el este tatql Moabiyilor din ziua de azi.
RussianЙ ТП"ЙМБ УФБТЫБС УЩОБ, Й ОБТЕЛМБ ЕНХ ЙНС: нПБЧ. пО ПФЕ" нПБЧЙФСО "ПОЩОЕ.
SpanishLa mayor dio a luz un hijo y llamó su nombre Moab, el cual es el padre de los moabitas, hasta hoy.
SwedishOch den äldre födde en son, och hon gav honom namnet Moab; från honom härstamma moabiterna ända till denna dag.
Thaiบุตรสาวหัวปีคลอ"บุตรชายคนหนึ่งและเรียกชื่อของเขาว่า โมอับ เขาเป็นบรรพบุรุษของคนโมอับมาจนถึงทุกวันนี้
UkrainianІ вродила старша сина, і назвала ім'я йому: Моав. 'ін батько моавів аж до цього дня.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: A SON

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: naos.

Words within the letters "a-n-o-s"

-1 letter: nos, ons, son.

-2 letters: an, as, na, no, on, os, so.

 Words containing the letters "a-n-o-s"
 

+1 letter: aeons, agons, anoas, arson, axons, azons, canso, donas, fanos, kaons, koans, loans, manos, mason, moans, monas, nomas, nonas, novas, roans, salon, santo, solan, sonar.

 

+2 letters: acorns, adonis, adorns, agones, aloins, amnios, anions, annoys, anodes, anoles, aprons, argons, arseno, arsino, arsons, astony, aswoon, atones, avions, axions, axones, azlons, bacons, bancos, banjos, barons, basion, batons, beanos, bogans, bonsai, canoes, canons, cansos, cantos, capons, casino, congas, cotans, damson, danios, dongas, donnas, fanons, ganofs, gascon, genoas, gobans, gonads, gossan, gowans, groans, guanos, hansom, hogans, honans, hondas, lanose, llanos, logans, lorans, macons, mangos, manors, mascon, masons, monads, nabobs, nachos, narcos, nasion, nomads, nopals, norias, noways, oceans, octans, orangs, organs, paeons, pantos, parson, pianos, racons, radons, ramson, ransom, rayons, reason, romans, rowans, salmon, salons, saloon, sannop, santol, santos, sarong, saxony, season, senora, shoran, slogan, socman, soland, solano, solans, soldan, sonant, sonars, sonata, soudan, sovran, sowans, talons, tangos, taxons, tolans, tomans, tongas, tronas, wagons, weason, womans, yapons.

 

+3 letters: abounds, abscond, acinose, acinous, acnodes, actions, adjoins, adnouns, aeneous, agnosia, agonies, agonise, agonist, ajowans, albinos, almonds, alnicos, amazons, ambones, amnions, amongst, amounts, analogs, anattos, anchors, ancones, angoras, anisole, anoints, anomies, anonyms, anopias, anopsia, anoraks, anosmia, anosmic, anoxias, anurous, anxious, apnoeas, archons, arenose, arenous, aroints, aroynts, astound, atoners, atonics, atonies, attorns, baboons, bagnios, ballons, bandogs, banjoes, barongs, baryons, basions, bassoon, bastion, bausond, beacons, bemoans, blazons, bonacis, bonitas, bonsais, boranes, brogans, caisson, cajones, camions, candors, cannons, canolas, cantons, cantors, canyons, carbons, cartons, casinos, cassino, cations, chanson, claxons, coarsen, cocains, cognacs, conatus, confabs, contras, corbans, corneas, coronas, cratons, crayons, daemons, dahoons, daikons, daimons, daltons, damsons, dapsone, deacons, dioxans, dognaps, dolmans, domains, donates, dopants, dragons, dynamos, enamors, enhalos, enolase, epinaos, erasion, espanol, etalons, evasion, falcons, fandoms, fanions, fantods, fantoms, fashion, flacons, flagons, gabions, gaboons, gallons, gammons, ganoids, garcons, garrons, gascons, gitanos, goannas, gobangs, gossans, hadrons, hagdons, hansoms, hexosan, hoarsen, hosanna, inroads, insofar, jargons, joannes, jordans, kalongs, kaolins, kations, klaxons, korunas, ladinos, ladrons, lagoons, lanugos, lardons, latinos, liaison, loaners, lochans, longans, macrons, malison, mammons, mangoes, maniocs, manitos, mannose, mansion, maroons, marrons, mascons, masoned, masonic, masonry, matrons, moaners, monades, morgans, narcose, narrows, nasions, nations, natrons, nonages, nonarts, noncash, nonfans, nongays, nonpast, nonwars, normals, nosebag, nosegay, notates, nougats, novenas, noyades, oarsman, oarsmen, obtains, octanes, octants, oilcans, onagers, onanism, onanist, onstage, onwards, oranges, ordains, origans, orphans, osmunda, ourangs, outmans, outsang, outspan, paesano, paisano, pardons, parsons, partons, passion, patrons, pawnors, persona, plasmon, postman, prolans, psammon, quangos, quinoas, racoons, ramsons, ranchos, rancors, randoms, ransoms, rations, ratoons, rattons, reasons, reloans, robands, rodsman, romanos, ryokans, sabaton, sabayon, sacaton, sadiron, saffron, salmons, saloons, sandbox, sandhog, sandlot, sanious, sannops, santols, santour, saponin, sarongs, saxhorn, seasons, senator, senhora, senopia, senoras, serrano, shopman, shorans, showman, signora, sinopia, slogans, snowcap, snowman, soaking, soaping, soaring, sockman, sokeman, solands, solanin, solanos, solanum, soldans, sonance, sonants, sonatas, soprani, soprano, soudans, soutane, sovrans, soybean, sponsal, sporran, station, suasion, syconia, synagog, synanon, synodal, synovia, talions, tampons, tarpons, teopans, tolanes, toucans, transom, treason, unloads, uranous, waggons, wanions, wantons, warison, weapons, weasons, yaupons, zonulas, zymosan.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: A SON


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41      53 4F 4E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 00100000 01010011 01001111 01001110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#32 &#83 &#79 &#78

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041      0053 004F 004E

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

352534948

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Quotations: Familiar
6. Quotations: Historic
7. Quotations: Fiction
8. Quotations: Non-fiction
9. Quotations: Spoken
10. Names: Derived from
11. Expressions
12. Translations: Modern
13. Bible Trace
14. Anagrams
15. Orthography
16. Bibliography


  

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