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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a male child (a familiar term of address to a boy) [syn: cub, lad, laddie, sonny, sonny boy]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1838 a young boy — usually used in address

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. colloq. a familiar form of address to a young boy.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Some people address a boy or young man as sonny. (INFORMAL) Well, sonny, I'll give you a bit of advice. N-VOC

Moby Thesaurus

boy, bub, bubba, buck, bud, buddy, child, colt, cub, daughter, descendant, fellow, fledgling, foster child, grandchild, granddaughter, grandson, heiress, hobbledehoy, lad, laddie, manchild, master, muchacho, offspring, pup, puppy, schoolboy, scion, son, son and heir, sonny boy, stepchild, stepdaughter, stepson, whelp, young man, youth