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callant

callant noun: lad, boy.

Noun

callant (plural callants)

  1. (Scotland) lad, boy
    • It was before the day of my ministry in Caulds, for then I was a tot callant in short clothes in my native parish of Lesmahagow; […]1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide

Forms of callant

pluralcallants

Origin of callant

From Middle Dutch calant (Modern Dutch klant), from Picard kalant, from Old Northern French calant, from Old French chaloir (“to heat, to care about”).

Questions about callant

What does callant mean?
Callant means lad, boy.
What part of speech is callant?
Callant is a noun.
What is the plural of callant?
The plural of callant is callants.

Words near callant in the dictionary

  1. Callan
  2. Callanan
  3. Callanans
  4. Callander
  5. Callanders
  6. callant
  7. callanthiid
  8. callanthiids
  9. callants
  10. Callao
  11. Callao Man

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