"only son" meaning in English

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      "form": "only sons",
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        "plural"
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      "expansion": "only son (plural only sons)",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "ref": "1991 November 18, Alessandra Stanley, “The Symbols Spawned by a Killing”, in New York Times",
          "text": "Mr. Doyle, an only son, grew up with the undivided attention of affectionate parents and two doting sisters.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A sole male child among multiple siblings."
      ],
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      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "sole male child",
          "word": "ainoa poika"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "monachogiós",
          "sense": "sole male child",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "μοναχογιός"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "sole male child",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "aonmhac"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "sole male child",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "mac aonghine"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "jedínstvennyj syn",
          "sense": "sole male child",
          "word": "еди́нственный сын"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "sole male child",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "hijo único"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "sole male child",
          "word": "uniko iho"
        }
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He was the only son to go to college."
        }
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        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see only, son."
      ],
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      "related": [
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "word": "only child"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "word": "only daughter"
        }
      ]
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  ],
  "word": "only son"
}

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "only sons",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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      "expansion": "only son (plural only sons)",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "only child"
    },
    {
      "word": "only daughter"
    }
  ],
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      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1991 November 18, Alessandra Stanley, “The Symbols Spawned by a Killing”, in New York Times",
          "text": "Mr. Doyle, an only son, grew up with the undivided attention of affectionate parents and two doting sisters.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A sole male child among multiple siblings."
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He was the only son to go to college."
        }
      ],
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        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see only, son."
      ],
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "sole male child",
      "word": "ainoa poika"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "monachogiós",
      "sense": "sole male child",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "μοναχογιός"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "sole male child",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aonmhac"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "sole male child",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mac aonghine"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "jedínstvennyj syn",
      "sense": "sole male child",
      "word": "еди́нственный сын"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "sole male child",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hijo único"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "sole male child",
      "word": "uniko iho"
    }
  ],
  "word": "only son"
}