Hypertext Webster Gateway: "lad"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lad \Lad\, 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.
There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves
and two small fishes. --John vi. 9.
2. A companion; a comrade; a mate.
{Lad's love}. (Bot.) See {Boy's love}, under {Boy}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lad \Lad\, obs.
p. p. of {Lead}, to guide. --Chaucer.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
lad
n 1: a boy or man; "that chap is your host"; "there's a fellow at
the door"; "he's a likable cuss" [syn: {chap}, {fellow},
{feller}, {gent}, {fella}, {blighter}, {cuss}]
2: a male child (a familiar term of address to a boy) [syn: {cub},
{laddie}, {sonny}, {sonny boy}]
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