lad Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a boy or man
    fella; cuss; blighter; gent; fellow; bloke; chap; feller.
    • that chap is your host
    • there's a fellow at the door
    • he's a likable cuss
    • he's a good bloke
  2. noun a male child (a familiar term of address to a boy)
    laddie; sonny; cub; sonny boy.

WordNet

Lad obsolete past participle
Definitions
  1. of Lead, to guide Chaucer.
Lad noun
Etymology
OE. ladde, of Celtic origin; cf. W. awd, Ir. lath. Cf. Lass.
Definitions
  1. A boy; a youth; a stripling. "Cupid is a knavish lad." Shak.
    There is a lad here, which hath fire barley loaves and two small fishes. John vi. 9.
  2. A companion; a comrade; a mate.

Webster 1913