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# laddie

«laddie» in Mova's school dictionary: **a boy or young lad; it is a Scottish word for a little boy** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (laddie, laddies)

### meaning for a pupil

A laddie is a boy or young lad; it is a Scottish word for a little boy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/laddie/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in Scottish tales a laddie is a young hero, often poor and clever

### examples

- The little laddie ran to the well. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/laddie/#x1)
- Come here, laddie. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/laddie/#x2)
- The laddie caught a fish for breakfast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/laddie/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «laddie» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/laddie/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.