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1. A boy or man
   "that lad is your host";
   - chap, fellow, feller, fella, gent, blighter, cuss, bloke [Brit], boyo [UK, Ireland], bucko
    
2. A male child (a familiar term of address to a boy)
   - cub, laddie [UK], sonny, sonny boy, boyo [UK, Ireland], son

Derived forms: lads

Type of: boy, male, male child, male person

Encyclopedia: Lad, A Dog Lad Lad, Greater Poland Voivodeship Lad, a Dog Lad, Hungary