[syn: cub, lad, laddie, sonny, sonny boy]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Lad \Lad\ (l[a^]d), obs.
p. p. of Lead, to guide. --Chaucer.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Lad \Lad\ (l[a^]d), n. [OE. ladde, of Celtic origin; cf. W.
llawd, Ir. lath. [root]123. Cf. Lass.]
1. A boy; a youth; a stripling. "Cupid is a knavish lad."
--Shak.
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There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves
and two small fishes. --John vi. 9.
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2. A companion; a comrade; a mate.
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Lad's love. (Bot.) See Boy's love, under Boy.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
lad
n 1: a boy or man; "that chap is your host"; "there's a fellow
at the door"; "he's a likable cuss"; "he's a good bloke"
[syn: chap, fellow, feller, fella, lad, gent,
blighter, cuss, bloke]
2: a male child (a familiar term of address to a boy) [syn:
cub, lad, laddie, sonny, sonny boy]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
38 Moby Thesaurus words for "lad":
bastard, bird, boy, bub, bubba, buck, bud, buddy, bugger, cat,
chap, character, colt, cub, duck, feller, fellow, fledgling, guy,
hobbledehoy, jasper, joker, laddie, manchild, master, muchacho,
pup, puppy, schoolboy, son, sonny, sonny boy, stripling, stud, tad,
whelp, young man, youth