callant

American  

[kah-luhnt] / ˈkɑ lənt /

Also callan

noun

Chiefly Scot.

1. a lad; boy.

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callant British  

/ ˈkælən, ˈkælənt /

noun

1. a youth; lad

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Etymology

Origin of callant

1710–20; < Dutch kalant fellow, chap, customer < Old North French caland customer

Example Sentences

"Yes, sir," said George; "but this callant has never been to sea afore."

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 16 by Various

But the Laird’s dame interposed, asking grace for the callant if he married “our Muckle-mouth Meg.”

From The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning by Berdoe, Edward

Then well-a-day for a "cantie callant," A heart of gold and a soul of glee,— Sportsman, gentleman, squire and gallant,— Teacher, maybe, of you and me.

From To Your Dog and To My Dog by Kinnicutt, Lincoln Newton

Dinna fash about these things now," said M'Nab with impatience, "It's that poor callant, Herbert—he's very ill—it's a fever he's caught.

From The O'Donoghue Tale Of Ireland Fifty Years Ago by Lever, Charles James

"There's mair metal in that callant than ye're aware o'," rejoined Fairly, addressing himself to my mother, and looking all the while most affectionately into my countenance.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 21 by Leighton, Alexander