1. A boy or man
   "that lad is your host";
   - chap [Brit, informal], fellow, feller [non-standard], fella [informal], gent [informal], blighter [Brit, informal], cuss [informal], bloke [Brit, informal], boyo [UK, Ireland], bucko [informal], dog [informal]
    
2. A male child (a familiar term of address to a boy)
   "Come here, lad, and let me tell you a story";
   - cub, laddie [UK, informal], sonny, sonny boy, boyo [UK, Ireland], son [informal]

Derived forms: lads

Type of: boy, male, male child, male person

Encyclopedia: Lad, Bhiwani