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

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

My secret's oot; an', whether that callant tells Sleuthie or no, it's clear I canna keep langer this siller in a thatched cottage.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX by Leighton, Alexander

I'm thinkin' she has taen a notion o' the callant.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 5 by Various

A soft-spoken callant wi' reddish hair—a puir thin sort o' body wi' a ferrety face.

From The Bushranger's Secret by Clarke, Henry, Mrs.

Na, na, callant," so she would say to me in return, "I ne'er blamed him sair ava'.

From The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)