noun. A boy or young man; a lad.

A lad; a boy; a lover.

noun. A lad; a male sweetheart.

noun. a small boy

noun. 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.""

boy  male child  

Billie  bairn  chiel  deevil  dinna  

lad