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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Lad \Lad\ (l[a^]d), obs. p. p. of {Lead}, to guide. --Chaucer.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Lad \Lad\ (l[a^]d), noun [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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
lad
noun
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}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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
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