Usually means: Young male, often mischievous, spirited.
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We found 43 dictionaries that define the word lad:

General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. lad: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. lad: Merriam-Webster
  3. lad, lad: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. lad: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. lad: Collins English Dictionary
  6. lad: Vocabulary.com
  7. Lad, lad: Wordnik
  8. lad: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. LAD, lad: Wiktionary
  10. lad: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. lad: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. lad: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. LAD: Dictionary.com
  14. lad: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. lad: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. LAD, Lad (video game), Lad, The Lad: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Lad: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. lad: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. lad: Rhymezone
  20. lad: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. lad: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. lad: FreeDictionary.org
  23. lad: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. lad: TheFreeDictionary.com
  25. lad: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. LAD: Glossary of research economics

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. lad: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. LAD: Medical dictionary
  3. PERFUSION TECHNOLOGY, OPEN HEART SURGERY AND CARDIOLOGY (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. baby names list (No longer online)
  2. LAD: Acronym Finder
  3. LAD: Three Letter Words with definitions
  4. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  5. lad: Idioms

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. LAD: A Dictionary of Quaternary Acronyms and Abbreviations

Slang (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. lad: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. lad: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  3. Lad: Dublin Slang and Phrasebook
  4. L.A.D, LAD (Lazy Ass Disorder): Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. DOD Dictionary of Military Terms: Joint Acronyms and Abbreviations (No longer online)

(Note: See lading as well.)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ noun:  A boy or young man.
▸ noun:  (British) A hedonistic or irresponsible young man; A Jack the lad.
▸ noun:  A familiar term of address for a young man.
▸ noun:  A groom who works with horses.
▸ noun:  (Ireland, colloquial) The penis.
▸ noun:  (scambaiting, Internet slang) A scammer.
▸ noun:  (anatomy, medicine) Abbreviation of left anterior descending artery.
▸ noun:  (England, government) Initialism of local authority district.
▸ noun:  (linguistics) Initialism of language acquisition device.

Similar:
sonny boy, laddie, fella, sonny, gent, fellow, chap, cuss, blighter, Cub, more...

Opposite:
lass, girl, woman, female, miss

Phrases:
stable lad, lad mags, Jack the lad, lad mag, lad lit, more...

Adjectives:
young, poor, little, good, fine, handsome, dear, old, mere, brave, bright

Colors:
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Similar:
sonny boy, laddie, fella, sonny, gent, fellow, chap, cuss, blighter, Cub, more...

Opposite:
lass, girl, woman, female, miss

Phrases:
stable lad, lad mags, Jack the lad, lad mag, lad lit, new lad, A Shropshire Lad, head lad, lad culture, Iron Lad, Strapping Young Lad, Blood Lad, Arc the Lad, Only a Lad, Arc the Lad Collection, Arc the Lad II, more...

Adjectives:
young, poor, little, good, fine, handsome, dear, old, mere, brave, bright

Colors:
    blue,     green,     red,     yellow,     orange, more...



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