Callant
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 lad, boy Scotland
"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; […]"
Synonyms
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More examples"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; […]"
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”).