• (RP) IPA: /ˈhɔːsən/
• (GA) IPA: /ˈhɔɹ.sən/

whoreson (plural whoresons)

1. (obsolete) Often used as a term of abuse: an illegitimate or misbegotten child born of unwed parent#Noun|parents.
   • c. 1595–1596, W. Shakespere [i.e., William Shakespeare], A Pleasant Conceited Comedie Called, Loues Labors Lost. […] (First Quarto), imprinted in London: By W[illiam] W[hite] for Cut[h]bert Burby, published 1598, OCLC 61366361 ↗, [Act IV, scene iii] ↗:

     Ah, you whoreſon loggerhead, you were borne to do me ſhame.

   • 1605, William Shakespeare, King Lear I.i

     Though this knave came something saucily to the world before he was sent for, yet was his mother fair, there was good sport at his making, and the whoreson must be acknowledged.

2. (literally) The son of a prostitute.

• bastard; see also Thesaurus:bastard

• Russian: су́кин сын

whoreson (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) mean; base; worthless