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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
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]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Lad \Lad\ (l[a^]d), obs.
   p. p. of Lead, to guide. --Chaucer.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
      [1913 Webster]

   Lad's love. (Bot.) See Boy's love, under Boy.
      [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for Lad:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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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