Callant
a lad; boy.
Historical Examples
Wilson’s Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Various
The Life of Mansie Wauch David Macbeth Moir
The Manchester Rebels of the Fatal ’45 William Harrison Ainsworth
Merkland Mrs. Oliphant
Sir Walter Scott Richard H. Hutton
Merkland Mrs. Oliphant
The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Vol. 1., Illustrated Sir Walter Scott
The Surprising Adventures of Sir Toady Lion With Those of General Napoleon Smith S. R. Crockett
Wilson’s Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 2 Alexander Leighton
Cleg Kelly, Arab of the City S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
noun
(Scot) a youth; lad
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