A family's lad
A male child is a son—a boy in relation to his parents.
The phrase appears most often in legal, medical, or formal contexts where precision matters: She gave birth to a male child.
In everyday speech, people usually say son or boy instead.
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A family's lad
A male child is a son—a boy in relation to his parents.
The phrase appears most often in legal, medical, or formal contexts where precision matters: She gave birth to a male child.
In everyday speech, people usually say son or boy instead.
Related — son (Male child relation); baby boy (Young male child); boy (Young male person); little boy · lad · youngster · kid · young man · youth · toddler · heir · junior · little one
gender of offspringmale child ≠ daughter Female child of parents; girl · little girl · young girl · baby girl · lass
age/generationmale child ≠ grown man; father · man · old man · dad · patriarch
male, child, males, maleness, children, childish, childlike, childless, childhood
Word data: Linguabase (CC0) · www.idea.org/words/male_child