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FAVOURITE SON

Dictionary entry overview: What does favourite son mean?

• FAVOURITE SON (noun)
The noun FAVOURITE SON has 1 sense:

1. a politician favored mainly in his or her home state

Familiarity information: FAVOURITE SON used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• FAVOURITE SON (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A politician favored mainly in his or her home state

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

favorite son; favourite son

Hypernyms ("favourite son" is a kind of...):

campaigner; candidate; nominee (a politician who is running for public office)

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