ˈlad, -aa(ə)d noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English ladde
1.
a. obsolete : a male attendant : manservant
b. obsolete : a man of low station : varlet , knave
c. Britain : a stableboy in a racing stable : groom
2.
a. : a male person of any age between early boyhood and maturity : boy , youth , stripling
a young country lad
a lad not yet twenty
all the local lads and lasses
b. : a male child : son
lads, less often girls, are named after nephews or nieces — J.G.Frazer
3. : man , fellow , chap — often used familiarly or in affection or admiration
here's luck, lad
a great lad with the ladies
a couple of likely lads for a brawl
4. : sweetheart
have ye seen aught of my bonnie lad