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World English Dictionary
lad (læd) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a boy or young man |
| 2. | informal a familiar form of address for any male |
| 3. | a lively or dashing man or youth (esp in the phrase a bit of a lad) |
| 4. | a young man whose behaviour is characteristic of male adolescents, esp in being rowdy, macho, or immature |
| 5. | (Brit) a boy or man who looks after horses |
| [C13 ladde; perhaps of Scandinavian origin] | |
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Word Origin & History
lad
c.1300, ladde "foot soldier," also "young male servant" (attested as a surname from c.1100), possibly from a Scand. language (cf. Norw. -ladd, in compounds for "young man"), but of obscure origin in any case. OED hazards a guess on M.E. ladde, plural of the pp. of lead (v.),
thus "one who is led" (by a lord). Meaning "boy, youth, young man" is from c.1440. Scottish form laddie, a term of endearment, attested from 1546.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
LAD
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