Someone who returns home from travelling or exile or who is welcomed back after disgrace, especially having repented of former extravagant or immoral behaviour.

(Christianity) A Christian title of Jesus Christ, referring to his status as a celestial being who presides as an eschatological judge.

(Christianity) Jesus Christ; the Son, considered one of the three persons of the Trinity by Trinitarians.

(US) A successful man from a particular area. / (politics) A male party member to whom the leadership is likely to assign a prominent role.

(Judaism, Christianity, sometimes capitalised) A man who is beloved of God; a righteous man.

Alternative form of Son of God

(Christian theology) The person (hypostasis) of the Trinity or Godhead corresponding to the Word of God, which became flesh—incarnated—in Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God the Father.

A sole male child among multiple siblings. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see only, son.

(historical) Emperor of China

(slang, vulgar) Used as an intensifier.