lad \lad\ la^d, obs.
   p. p. of lead, to guide. --chaucer.
   1913 webster
see also:
lead 

lad \lad\ la^d, n. oe. ladde, of celtic origin; cf. w.
   llawd, ir. lath. root123. cf. lass.
   1. a boy; a youth; a stripling. "cupid is a knavish lad."
      --shak.
      1913 webster

            there is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves
            and two small fishes.                 --john vi. 9.
      1913 webster

   2. a companion; a comrade; a mate.
      1913 webster

   lad's love. bot. see boy's love, under boy.
      1913 webster
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lass lad's love boy's love boy 

lad
     n 1: a boy or man; "that chap is your host"; "there's a fellow at
          the door"; "he's a likable cuss" syn: chap, fellow,
           feller, gent, fella, blighter, cuss
     2: a male child a familiar term of address to a boy syn: cub,
         laddie, sonny, sonny boy
see also:
chap fellow feller gent fella blighter 
cuss cub laddie sonny sonny boy 

38 moby thesaurus words for "lad":
   bastard, bird, boy, bub, bubba, buck, bud, buddy, bugger, cat,
   chap, character, colt, cub, duck, feller, fellow, fledgling, guy,
   hobbledehoy, jasper, joker, laddie, manchild, master, muchacho,
   pup, puppy, schoolboy, son, sonny, sonny boy, stripling, stud, tad,
   whelp, young man, youth