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Webster 1913 Edition
Lad
1.
A boy; a youth; a stripling.
“Cupid is a knavish lad.” Shak.
There is a
lad
here, which hath five barley loaves and two small fishes. John vi. 9.
Definition 2024
lad
lad
English
Noun
lad (plural lads)
- A boy or young man.
- (Britain) A Jack the lad; a boyo.
- I think he reckons he's a bit of a lad.
- A familiar term of address for a young man.
- A groom who works with horses (also called stable-lad).
- (Ireland) A ****.
- 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses, page 225:
- — The lad stood to attention anyhow, he said with a sigh. She's a gamey mare and no mistake.
- 1995 May 5, “The Passion of St Tibulus”, in Father Ted, written by Graham Linehan and Arthur Matthews:
- Mrs Glynn: Oh but there's this great bit in it. You see, there was this girl, but then you find out it's not a girl but a man!
Mrs Sheridan: And he got his lad out.
- Mrs Glynn: Oh but there's this great bit in it. You see, there was this girl, but then you find out it's not a girl but a man!
- 2007, Unknown, translated by Ciaran Carson, The Táin, ISBN 9780140455304, page 175:
- And he loaded the chariot with clods and boulders and cobbles that he fired at anyone who came to stare at him and jeer him, stark naked as he was, with his long lad and his acorns dangling down through the floor of the chariot.
- 2010, Loucinda McGary, The Wild Irish Sea: A Windswept Tale of Love and Magic, ISBN 1402226713, page 11:
- Just thinking about how she would look without her clothes made his lad twitch with anticipation.
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Usage notes
Prevalent in Northern English dialects such as Geordie, Mackem, Scouse and Northumbrian.
Related terms
Translations
a boy
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familiar term of address for a man
a groom who works with horses
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References
- The New Geordie Dictionary, Frank Graham, 1987, ISBN 0946928118
- A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, ISBN 1904794165
- Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4
- Newcastle 1970s, Scott Dobson and Dick Irwin,
- A List of words and phrases in everyday use by the natives of Hetton-le-Hole in the County of Durham, F.M.T.Palgrave, English Dialect Society vol.74, 1896,
- A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, ISBN 1904794165
Anagrams
Danish
Adjective
lad
Inflection
| Inflection of lad | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
| Common singular | lad | — | —2 |
| Neuter singular | ladt | — | —2 |
| Plural | lade | — | —2 |
| Definite attributive1 | lade | — | — |
| 1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively. | |||
Noun
lad n (singular definite ladet, plural indefinite lad)
- bed (platform of a truck, trailer, railcar, or other vehicle that supports the load to be hauled), eg. truckbed
Inflection
Inflection of lad
Verb
lad
- imperative of lade
Old English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *laidō. Cognate with Old High German leita (German Leite), Old Norse leið.
Noun
lād f
Declension
Declension of lad (strong ō-stem)
Descendants
Etymology 2
Old English. Akin to Old Frisian lēde, lāde.
Noun
lād f
- exculpation, clearing of guilt or accusation, purgation
- defense against a charge, excuse
Declension
Declension of lad (strong ō-stem)
Derived terms
- lādian
- werlād
Romansch
Alternative forms
- (Sutsilvan) lo
Adjective
lad m (feminine singular lada, masculine plural lads, feminine plural ladas)