callant
noun
cal·lant ˈka-lənt 
ˈkä-
ˈkä- chiefly Scotland
: boy, lad
Synonyms
- boy
- boychick
- boychik
- boyo [Irish]
- lad
- laddie
- nipper
- shaveling
- shaver
- sonny
- stripling
- tad
- youth
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Example Sentences
ever since he was a callant, he's been fishing off the eastern coast of Scotland
Word History
Etymology
Dutch or Middle French dialect; Dutch kalant customer, fellow, from Middle French dialect (Picard) calland customer, from Latin calent-, calens, present participle of calēre to be warm — more at lee
First Known Use
circa 1592, in the meaning defined above
callants
noun
as in boys
a male person who has not yet reached adulthood ever since he was a callant, he's been fishing off the eastern coast of Scotland Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- boys
- kids
- teenagers
- shavelings
- boychiks
- boychicks
- sonnies
- adolescents
- lads
- toddlers
- youths
- laddies
- nippers
- tads
- striplings
- shavers
- hobbledehoys
- boyos
- juveniles
- youngsters
- minors
- kiddos
- kiddies
- moppets
- tweens
- gamins
- urchins
- whippersnappers
- guttersnipes
- younglings
- mama's boys
- squirts
- tykes
- imps
- tikes
- schoolboys
- tots
- paper-bag bush
- paper-cover
- paper-footed
- paper-mache
- paper-shelled
- paper-thin
- paper-train
- paper-trained
- paper-training
- paper-trains
- paper-white
- paper-white narcissus
- paperback
- paperbacked
- paperbacking
- paperbacks
- paperbark
- paperbark maple
- paperboard
- paperboards
- paperbound
- paperbounds
- paperboy
- paperboys
- paperclips