Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A boy or young man.
- noun Informal A man of any age; a fellow.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete preterit and past participle of lead.
- noun A boy; a youth; a stripling: often used familiarly or affectionately in speaking of or to a man of any age.
- noun A male sweetheart: correlative to lass.
- noun A servingman; a servant.
- noun A thong of leather; a shoe-latchet.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- p. p. of
lead , to guide. - noun A boy; a youth; a stripling.
- noun A companion; a comrade; a mate.
- noun (Bot.) See Boy's love, under
Boy .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
boy oryoung man . - noun UK A
jack the lad ; aboyo . - noun A familiar term of address for a
young man . - noun A
groom who works withhorses (also called stable-lad). - noun Ireland The
penis .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a male child (a familiar term of address to a boy)
- noun a boy or man
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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If the lad is anything like his father, he'll grow to a man you can be proud of.
You never know! 2009
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However my lad is a currently serving bobby who joined just after I left and just talking to him always reflects the attitudes in the comments on this blog.
Watch This Space « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008
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That lad is trying quite hard to be one of the boys.
Purple Pain « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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I hope the lad is steered in the right direction, take him down the Army recruitment office, there is a family there like he has never seen. on April 28, 2009 at 7: 42 pm AnneDroid
Another Day At The Office « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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I hope the poor lad is ready for all of that love.
Pink is the New Blog | Everybody's Business Is My Business » 2010 » June » 01 2010
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I hope the poor lad is ready for all of that love.
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But the best place you should look for stuff for the lad is Cabellas. com/archery.
Remember the bow from Cpt. Brad? Well Wesley will need some other stuff like a sight, arrows ect. 2009
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Special Brew (what our pictured lad is drinking) is to UK alcoholics what Thunderbird/Mad Dog is to US drinkers.
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But the best place you should look for stuff for the lad is Cabellas. com/archery.
Remember the bow from Cpt. Brad? Well Wesley will need some other stuff like a sight, arrows ect. 2009
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"I live with someone who uses the word lad without a hint of irony or shame," says Tony Rowlinson.
England v Bangladesh - as it happened morning session 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word lad
"Golden lads and girls all must,
As chimney-sweepers, come to dust."
-Cymbeline quotes
July 29, 2009