lad : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: lad	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for lad
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lad n 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" Synonym(s): chap, fellow, feller, fella, lad, gent, blighter, cuss, bloke a male child (a familiar term of address to a boy) Synonym(s): cub, lad, laddie, sonny, sonny boy
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lad \Lad\, obs. p. p. of {Lead}, to guide. --Chaucer.
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. [bd]Cupid is a knavish lad.[b8] --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}.