Lad and Young man

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Lad

Lad noun - A male person who has not yet reached adulthood.
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Young man and lad are semantically related in man topic. In some cases you can use "Young man" instead a noun "Lad", when it comes to topics like guy, boy, child.
Nearby Words: lade, lady

Young man

Young man noun - A teenager or a young adult male.
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Lad and young man are semantically related in guy topic. You can use "Lad" instead a noun phrase "Young man", if it concerns topics such as boy, child.

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  • Film / The Man from Snowy River Character Development: Jim goes from being a rather whiny and foolish lad to a confident, Badass young man.
    Source: Film / The Man from Snowy River
  • The full line is "Make sure your boyfriend's at least 21/So only your friends and your brothers get done." (Note: 'to get done' in UK slang means to get into legal trouble.) This was a reference to Peter Wells, a young man who had been imprisoned for having sex with a lad of 18.
    Source: Lover and Beloved
  • The Lad-ette Captain Jane Roland might be an example of a Manette - which is to say, she has traits of The Lad-ette, but rather than acting like a stereotypical young man acts like an adult man, showing an easy emotional maturity most Lad-ettes don't.
    Source: The Lad-ette
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