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son | fon |

As a verb son

is to be (to exist).

As a noun fon is

phone (telephone).

son

English

Noun

(wikipedia son) (en noun)
  • A male child, a boy or man in relation to his parents; one's male offspring.
    • The Chinese and Indians say all too often: "I want a son , not a daughter."
  • A male adopted person in relation to his adoption parents.
  • 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.
  • A male person considered to have been significantly shaped by some external influence.
    • He was a son of the mafia system.
  • A male descendant.
    • The pharaohs were believed to be sons of the Sun.
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  • (UK, colloquial)

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Antonyms

    * (with regards to gender) daughter * (with regards to ancestry) father, mother, parent

    Hypernyms

    * child

    Derived terms

    * bachelor's son * favorite son/favourite son * grandfather-father-son * grandson * * mother's son * prodigal son * son-in-law * sonny * son of a bitch * son of a gun * son of a whore * son of privilege * son of the manse * stepson * whoreson

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    fon

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) fon, fonne, of (etyl) origin, related to (etyl) . More at (m).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (rfv-sense) (obsolete) A fool or idiot.
  • * 1579 , Edmund Spender, The Shepheardes Calender: Februarie :
    • Thou art a fon , of thy loue to boste,
    All that is lent to loue, wyll be lost.

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (rfv-sense) (obsolete) Foolish; simple; silly.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) fonnen, from fon, .

    Verb

    (fonn)
  • (rfv-sense) (obsolete) To be foolish or simple; act like a fool; dote.

    • Etymology 3

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A chieftain or king of a region of Cameroon.
  • * 2008 , Milton Krieger, Cameroon's Social Democratic Front (ISBN 9956558168), page 71:
    • Province-wide, the latter part of the 1990s witnessed considerable efforts by the regime to organize and activate a bloc of such financially dependent fons in the North West Elite Association (NWELA),
  • * 2010 , Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Cameroon (ISBN 0810873990), page 53:
    • In the early 1900s, the Bafut fought several wars with the German colonizers and their allies, ending in 1907 with the exile of the fon of that time.
  • * 2011 , Society and Change in Bali Nyonga: Critical Perspectives (ISBN 9956579394), page 152:
    • Biya's volte-face became apparent in July 1990 when he, as president of the ruling Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (CPDM) appointed Ganyonga and the fons of Mankon and and Bafut into key positions of the party
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