Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Lad

Lad (lad) , past participle

past participle of Lead, to guide. [obsolete] — Chaucer

Lad (lad) , noun

[Old English ladde, of Celtic origin; compare Welsh llawd, Ir. lath. r123. Compare Lass.]

1.
A boy; a youth; a stripling.
Cupid is a knavish lad. — Shakespeare
There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves and two small fishes. — John vi. 9
2.
A companion; a comrade; a mate.
Collocations (1)
Lad's love (Botany) , See Boy's love, under Boy.