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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun lad has 2 senses
- lad(n = noun.person) blighter, bloke, chap, cuss, fella, feller, fellow, gent - 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" is a kind of male, male person
- lad(n = noun.person) cub, laddie, sonny, sonny boy - a male child (a familiar term of address to a boy); Array is a kind of boy, male child
has particulars: dog
CIDE DICTIONARY
lad, p. p.
lad, n. [OE. ladde, of Celtic origin; cf. W. llawd, Ir. lath. Lass.].
- A boy; a youth; a stripling. Shak. [1913 Webster]"There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves and two small fishes." [1913 Webster]
- A companion; a comrade; a mate. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
lad, n.
1 a a boy or youth. b a young son.
2 (esp. in pl.) colloq. a man; a fellow, esp. a workmate, drinking companion, etc. (he's one of the lads).
3 colloq. a high-spirited fellow; a rogue (he's a bit of a lad).
4 Brit. a stable-worker (regardless of age).
1 a a boy or youth. b a young son.
2 (esp. in pl.) colloq. a man; a fellow, esp. a workmate, drinking companion, etc. (he's one of the lads).
3 colloq. a high-spirited fellow; a rogue (he's a bit of a lad).
4 Brit. a stable-worker (regardless of age).
Idiom
lad's love = SOUTHERNWOOD.
Etymology
ME ladde, of unkn. orig.
THESAURUS
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, youthROGET THESAURUS
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Infant
N infant, babe, baby, babe in arms, nurseling, suckling, yearling, weanling, papoose, bambino, kid, vagitus, child, bairn, little one, brat, chit, pickaninny, urchin, bantling, bratling, elf, youth, boy, lad, stripling, youngster, youngun, younker, callant, whipster, whippersnapper, whiffet, schoolboy, hobbledehoy, hopeful, cadet, minor, master, scion, sap, seedling, tendril, olive branch, nestling, chicken, larva, chrysalis, tadpole, whelp, cub, pullet, fry, callow, codlin, codling, foetus, calf, colt, pup, foal, kitten, lamb, lambkin, aurelia, caterpillar, cocoon, nymph, nympha, orphan, pupa, staddle, girl, lass, lassie, wench, miss, damsel, demoiselle, maid, maiden, virgin, hoyden, infantine, infantile, puerile, boyish, girlish, childish, babyish, kittenish, baby, newborn, unfledged, new-fledged, callow, in the cradle, in swaddling clothes, in long clothes, in arms, in leading strings, at the breast, in one's teens.
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