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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Lad

/(lăd)/ · IPA /læd/
01 p. p. p. p. of Lead, to guide.
  1. 1.
    p. p. of Lead, to guide.obs. See: Lead
02 n. A boy; a youth; a stripling.
  1. 1.
    A boy; a youth; a stripling.
    “There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves and two small fishes.” — John vi. 9.
  2. 2.
    A companion; a comrade; a mate.
Phrases & compounds
Lad's love — See Boy's love, under Boy.