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native son

native son noun: a man born in a specified place.

Noun

native son (plural native sons)

  1. A man born in a specified place.
    • Illinois is expected to support its native son in the presidential primary.
    • […]he is banished into the vast and wailing outer darkness whenever we speak of the “purity” of our women, of the “sanctity” of our homes, of “American” ideals. What is more, he knows it. He is indeed the “native son”: he is the “nigger.”1955, James Baldwin, “Many Thousands Gone”, in Notes of a Native Son, Boston: Beacon Press, page 37

Forms of native son

pluralnative sons

Questions about native son

What does native son mean?
Native son means a man born in a specified place.
What part of speech is native son?
Native son is a noun.
What is the plural of native son?
The plural of native son is native sons.

Words near native son in the dictionary

  1. native resolutions
  2. native signer
  3. native signers
  4. native soil
  5. native soils
  6. native son
  7. native sons
  8. native speaker
  9. native speakers
  10. native species
  11. native steel

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