lad

English

/læd/, /ləd/

noun

Definitions

(British) A boy or young man.
(British) A Jack the lad; a boyo.
A familiar term of address for a young man.
A groom who works with horses (also called stable-lad).
(Ireland) The penis.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English ladde (servant, foot soldier, boy, male commoner) derived from Old Norse ladd (woolen stocking, hose, sock).

Origin

Old Norse

ladd

Gloss

woolen stocking, hose, sock

Concept

Semantic Field

Clothing and grooming

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Emoji

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

feller English
fellermelad English
laddie English
laddish English
laddishness English
laddism English
laddock English
laddy English
ladette English
ladhood English
ladkin English
ladsy English
me English
merlad English
ladde Middle English
leaid Irish
ladd Old Norse
lad Scots