Definition of lads Lads
/læˈdz/ - [latdz] -
We found 5 definitions of lads from 2 different sources.
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What does lads mean?
Wiktionary 
- lads (Noun)
Plural of lad. - lads (Noun)
A group of friends, regardless of gender. Often the lads.
Part of speech
🔤- lads, noun, plural of lad.
WordNet
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| lad - a boy or man; "that chap is your host"; "there's a fellow at the door"; "he's a likable cuss"; "he's a good bloke" | ||
| chap, fellow, feller, fella, gent, blighter, cuss, bloke | ||
| male person, male an animal that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that can fertilize female gametes (ova) | ||
| lad - a male child (a familiar term of address to a boy) | ||
| cub, laddie, sonny, sonny boy | ||
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Wiktionary
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- lad
p. p. of Lead, to guide. - lad (n.)
A boy; a youth; a stripling. - lad (n.)
A companion; a comrade; a mate.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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lad
lad, n. a boy: a youth: (Scot.) a lover:—fem. Lass.—n. Lad′die, a little lad: a boy.—Lad's love, a provincial name of the southernwood. [M. E. ladde—Ir. lath, a youth, champion (W. llawd). Mr H. Bradley suggests that M. E. ladde, a servant, coincides with the adjectival form of the past participle of the verb to lead, the original meaning thus being 'one led in the train of a lord.']
Part of speech
🔤- lad, noun, singular of lads.
