lad

n.

1. A young man; a youth.
2. Informal. A man of any age; a fellow.

[Middle English ladde, perhaps of Scandinavian origin.]

n

Definition: young man
Antonyms: man

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IN BRIEF: n. - A male child (a familiar term of address to a boy); A boy or man.

My fifth grade teacher read us a book about a dog named Lad.

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: a boy or man
  Synonyms: chap, fellow, feller, gent, fella, blighter, cuss

Meaning #2: a male child (a familiar term of address to a boy)
  Synonyms: cub, laddie, sonny, sonny boy

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - ung mand, dreng, knægt, fyr, frisk fyr, guttermand

Nederlands (Dutch)
jongen, joch, zoontje, een van de jongens, maat

Français (French)
n. - gars (fam), garçon, (GB) gars, (Équit) lad, palefrenier

Deutsch (German)
n. - Junge, Bursche

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - παλικάρι, αγόρι

Italiano (Italian)
ragazzo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - rapaz (m)

Русский (Russian)
юноша, парень, молодец

Español (Spanish)
n. - muchacho, chico, chaval, mozo de cuadra

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - pojke, (i Skottl.) fästman, pojkvän, karl, kille

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
青年, 老友, 少年

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 青年, 老友, 少年

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 소년 , 젊은이, 사나이, 애인 , 마부

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 若者, 少年, 男, やつ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) صبي, غلام, رجل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮עלם, בחור, נער, אדם בעל רוח איתנה, חבר לעבודה או לשתייה, גבר, נוכל, עובד(ת) יציב(ה)‬

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