Definitions for lad
lædlad

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. chap, fellow, feller, fella, lad, gent, blighter, cuss, blokenoun

   a boy or man

   "that chap is your host"; "there's a fellow at the door"; "he's a likable cuss"; "he's a good bloke"

2. cub, lad, laddie, sonny, sonny boynoun

   a male child (a familiar term of address to a boy)

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ladnoun

   A boy or young man.

2. ladnoun

   A jack the lad; a boyo.

   I think he reckons he's a bit of a lad.

3. ladnoun

   A familiar term of address for a young man.

4. ladnoun

   A groom who works with horses (also called stable-lad).

5. Etymology: laidō. Cognate with Old High German leita (German Leite), Old Norse leið.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Ladnoun

   Etymology: leode , Saxon, which commonly signifies people, but sometimes, says Mr. Edward Lye, a boy.

   1. A boy; a stripling, in familiar language.

   We were
   Two lads, that thought there was no more behind,
   But such a day to-morrow as to-day,
   And to be boy eternal. William Shakespeare, Winter’s Tale.

   The poor lad who wants knowledge, must set his invention on the rack, to say something where he knows nothing. John Locke.

   Too far from the ancient forms of teaching several good grammarians have departed, to the great detriment of such lads as have been removed to other schools. Isaac Watts.

   2. A boy, in pastoral language.

   For grief whereof the lad would after joy,
   But pin’d away in anguish, and self-will’d annoy. Fa. Qu.

   The shepherd lad,
   Whose offspring on the throne of Judah sat
   So many ages. John Milton, Par. Reg. b. ii. l. 439.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. lad

   A lad is a term primarily used in the UK and Ireland, typically referring to a young man or boy. This term is also used informally to describe a male friend. Sometimes, it can denote a certain type of behavior, often referring to males who are seen as cheeky, mischievous, or misbehaving, but in a generally likeable or endearing way.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Lad

   p. p. of Lead, to guide

2. Ladnoun

   a boy; a youth; a stripling

3. Ladnoun

   a companion; a comrade; a mate

4. Etymology: [OE. ladde, of Celtic origin; cf. W. llawd, Ir. lath. 123. Cf. Lass.]

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1. LAD

   The LAD was a British cyclecar made between 1913 and 1926. The car was originally made by the Oakleigh Motor Company of West Dulwich, London and was usually fitted with a single seater body although a few two seaters were made. Power came from a single cylinder Stag engine and drive was to the rear wheels by chain. There was only a single forward speed and no reverse so a gearbox was not used. Production stopped on the outbreak of war. The car was revived in 1923 by LAD Productions of Farnham, Surrey in 1923 and the original was joined by a 350 cc twin cylinder engined model but the launch of the Austin 7 took away the market for such cars and the company closed in 1926.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Lad

   lad, n. a boy: a youth: (Scot.) a lover:—fem. Lass.—n. Lad′die, a little lad: a boy.—Lad's love, a provincial name of the southernwood. [M. E. ladde—Ir. lath, a youth, champion (W. llawd). Mr H. Bradley suggests that M. E. ladde, a servant, coincides with the adjectival form of the past participle of the verb to lead, the original meaning thus being 'one led in the train of a lord.']

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1. LAD

   What does LAD stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the LAD acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. LAD

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Lad is ranked #33241 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Lad surname appeared 688 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Lad.
   
   85.9% or 591 total occurrences were Asian.
   10.7% or 74 total occurrences were White.
   1.8% or 13 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   0.7% or 5 total occurrences were Black.

Matched Categories

1. • Male
   • Male Child

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'lad' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1577

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'lad' in Nouns Frequency: #1249

Anagrams for lad »

1. ADL

2. dal

3. LDA

How to pronounce lad?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say lad in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of lad in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of lad in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of lad in a Sentence

1. Leon Gautier:

   War is a misery. Not all that long ago, and perhaps you find this silly, but I would think 'perhaps I killed a young lad, perhaps I orphaned children, perhaps I widowed a woman or made a mother cry', i didn't want that, I'm not a bad man. You kill a man who's done nothing to you, that's war and you do it for your country.

2. Kellie Maloney:

   I was always trying to be the best and be seen as a jack-the-lad... because I was always hiding something, I could never ever let my defenses down, the manager of the heavyweight boxing champion of the world being a transsexual would have been some headline and a story that would have run for quite a while.

3. Paddy Pimblett:

   I woke up on Friday morning 4 a.m. to a message one of my friends back home killed himself. This was 5 hours before my weigh-in. So Ricky, lad, that’s for you.

4. Emily Brontë:

   A good heart will help you to a bonny face, my lad and a bad one will turn the bonniest into something worse than ugly.

5. Anthony Joshua:

   I feel good. The weigh-in is important but as heavyweights it don't really matter... skills pay the bills, he's a big lad, they should make a super-heavyweight division.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=lad
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Lad
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=lad
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lad
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=lad
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=lad
8. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html