SON
ADJECTIVES
1866 — LADDED of a male child: born → Eng. dial.
NOUNS – PERSON
1000 — BAIRN a child; a son or daughter
1300 — BIRD a young man, youngster, child, son → obs.
1400 — MAN-CHILD a male child
1468 — LITTLE MAN a young male child → jocular usage
1542 — SONNEKIN a little son → obs.
1610 — CADET a younger son or brother
..18C — MAB a son
1760 — PAM-CHILD a ‘knave-child’: a male child → obs.
1776 — LAD-BAIRN a male child, a young son → Sc.
1798 — MASTER the eldest son of a baron or viscount → Sc.
1810 — LAD-WEAN a male child, a young son → Sc.
1811 — LAD a familiar or affectionate name for a man; a husband, son, or boon companion; a fellow → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1820 — LENNOCHMORE a son → Sc.
1821 — LADDIE-WEAN a boy-child → Sc.
1825 — AULD SON the oldest son → Sc.
1855 — ZIN a son → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1858 — BUDDIE — BUDDY a nickname or term of address for a brother or eldest son → Amer. dial.
1873 — LADDIE-BAIRN a male child → Sc.
1876 — MAN BAIRN a male child, a young son, a boy → Sc.
1882 — MOTHER’S SON a son who is spoiled by his mother → obs.
1888 — DAD’S OWN BOY a son having his father’s peculiarities → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1899 — YOUNG LAIRD the eldest son or heir of a ‘laird’ → Sc.
..20C — BUD a general nickname or term of address for a brother or eldest son, any boy or man, or a close friend → US sl.
1905 — MASTER the eldest son of a squire → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1913 — BENJAMIN the youngest, and consequently, favourite, son of a family
1922 — ABSALOM an undutiful son (Bk.)
1922 — YOUNG HOPEFUL a male child (Bk.)
1929 — CHAP a son → Amer. dial.
1931 — HOT CROSS BUN a son → UK rhyming sl.
1933 — BEAU FITZ a fair son (Bk.)
1960 — BATH BUN a son → UK rhyming sl.
1960 — YO-YO a male child too young to be sexually developed and therefore considered neuter → homosexual sl.
1962 — CURRANT BUN a son → rhyming sl.
1982 — BECHOR the eldest male child in a family → Jewish (Bk.)
1982 — ZUN a son → Jewish (Bk.)
1990 — DOOLA a son → African-American sl.
1998 — CHELSEA BUN a son → UK rhyming sl.
VERBS
1927 — GET ONE’S BAIT BACK to succeed in fathering a son → US sl.