Category:Lad

Lad, obs. p. p.

Defn: of Lead, to guide Chaucer.

lad Lad, n. Etym: [OE. ladde, of Celtic origin; cf. W., Ir. lath. (. Cf. Lass.]

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. Lad's love. (Bot.) See Boy's love, under Boy.