callant

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noun

lad, boy

OriginMiddle Dutch calant ← Picard kalant ← Old Northern French calant →
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Meanings

nouncallant (plural callants)

plural callants

  1. Scotlandlad, 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

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
boyboychildguyman childmanlingstripling

Origin

  1. Old Frenchchaloir“to heat, to care about”
  2. Old Northern Frenchcalant
  3. Picardkalant
  4. Middle Dutchcalant
  5. Englishcallant

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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APA

callant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/callant

MLA

“callant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/callant. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “callant,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/callant.

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