FAVORITE SON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does favorite son mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAVORITE SON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A United States politician favored mainly in his or her home state

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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

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