callant

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. lad, boy

Word forms

callant callants

Etymology

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

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