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n. A boy or young man; a lad.

n. a small boy

n. A lad; a male sweetheart.

A lad; a boy; a lover.

n. a male child (a familiar term of address to a boy)

"He used to read it over almost every day, and sometimes, near the end, he would say to me, "Colin laddie, will you read it to me – the little woman's last letter.""

male child    boy   

lad   

lassie    bairn    siller    leddy    lass    noo    mither    hoose    chiel    wifie