LAD

cub, lad, laddie, sonny, sonny boy

(noun) a male child (a familiar term of address to a boy)

chap, fellow, feller, fella, lad, gent, blighter, cuss, bloke

(noun) a boy or man; ā€œthat chap is your hostā€; ā€œthereā€™s a fellow at the doorā€; ā€œheā€™s a likable cussā€; ā€œheā€™s a good blokeā€

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

LAD

(anatomy, medicine) Abbreviation of left anterior descending artery.

Anagrams

• ADL, DAL, DLA, Dal, LDA, dal

Etymology

Noun

lad (plural lads)

(British) A boy or young man.

Coordinate term: lass

(British) A Jack the lad; a boyo.

Coordinate term: ladette

A familiar term of address for a young man.

A groom who works with horses (also called stable-lad).

(Ireland, colloquial) The penis.

Usage notes

Prevalent in Northern English dialects such as Geordie, Mackem, Scouse and Northumbrian.

Anagrams

• ADL, DAL, DLA, Dal, LDA, dal

Source: Wiktionary


Lad, obs. p. p.

Definition: of Lead, to guide Chaucer.

Lad, n. Etym: [OE. ladde, of Celtic origin; cf. W. , Ir. lath. (. Cf. Lass.]

1. A boy; a youth; a stripling. "Cupid is a knavish lad." Shak. There is a lad here, which hath fire 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ā€˜the father of the brideā€™ instead of ā€˜the brideā€™s fatherā€™


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