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sonless

sonless adjective: without a son.

Adjective

sonless (not comparable)

  1. Without a son.
    • As no baron who was sonless could give a husband to his daughter, save with his lord's consent […]1876, John Richard Green, History of the English People: Early England (449-1071)

Origin of sonless

From Middle English soneles; equivalent to son + -less.

Words formed from sonless

Questions about sonless

What does sonless mean?
Sonless means without a son.
What part of speech is sonless?
Sonless is an adjective.

Words near sonless in the dictionary

  1. Sonja
  2. Sonjo
  3. sonker
  4. sonkers
  5. sonkyo
  6. sonless
  7. sonlessness
  8. sonlicromanol
  9. sonlier
  10. sonliest
  11. sonlike

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