sonless

adj

sonless

adj

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

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)

Derived terms: sonlessness

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