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(lăd) 
n.
n.
- A young man; a youth.
- Informal. A man of any age; a fellow.
[Middle English ladde, perhaps of Scandinavian origin.]
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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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1: the lads A group of male friends. (1896 —) .
Independent 'I wasn't one of the lads,' he said. 'I didn't mix with the sporting types and...I'm still not very interested in sport' (1991).
2: A lively (young) man, esp. a highly sexed one; esp. in phr. a bit of a lad and quite a lad. (1913 —) .
H. Carmichael Bit of a lad is Mr. Alan Clark...running round fancy-free for years (1960).
[From earlier, more general sense, boy, young man.]
noun
1: the lads A group of male friends. (1896 —) .
Independent 'I wasn't one of the lads,' he said. 'I didn't mix with the sporting types and...I'm still not very interested in sport' (1991).
2: A lively (young) man, esp. a highly sexed one; esp. in phr. a bit of a lad and quite a lad. (1913 —) .
H. Carmichael Bit of a lad is Mr. Alan Clark...running round fancy-free for years (1960).
[From earlier, more general sense, boy, young man.]
| la-di-da, Lord Muck, Lizzie | |
| laddish, ladette, lady |
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Lad
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
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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