favorite son

1. 1.

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

   Broadercampaigner

Questions about favorite son

What does favorite son mean?

favorite son means "a United States politician favored mainly in his or her home state".

Is favorite son a common word?

favorite son is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.