lad

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}]
    

Lad \Lad\ (l[a^]d), obs.
   p. p. of {Lead}, to guide. --Chaucer.
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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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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