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lad

noun

ˈlad

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as in boy

a male person who has not yet reached adulthood fond of telling tall tales of the days when he was just a lad

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as in guy

an adult male human being pass me another beer—will you, lad?

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Recent Examples of lad However, adopted son Carter (Finn Little) is a strapping lad now and even has a girlfriend. —

Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 23 Mar. 2026 Dent wasn’t even 5 years old at the time, just a young lad in Australia. —

Ron Kroichick, Houston Chronicle, 18 Mar. 2026 The year was 1994, and a handful of Irish lads were gathered at a hotel in Northern Ireland to celebrate Colin Cather’s pending nuptials. —

Abby Ellin, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2026 In fact, McCormack is working on his memoir, a story that begins with his days as a young lad tending sheep, pigs, horses, chickens and the occasional beef cow on his family’s farm. —

Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for lad

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Appearing on America's Newsroom, Crean Lutheran High School girls’ track and field athlete Olivia Viola addressed CIF's ongoing neglect of female athletes' calls to oust boys from competition, including AB Hernandez.

— Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 19 May 2026
Set in 1962, a boy roughly Travolta’s age voyages from New York to Los Angeles on a series of hopping flights with his mother, who is hoping to land a rich husband or a good Hollywood role in that order.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2026