"callant" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: callants [plural]
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”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|dum|calant}} Middle Dutch calant, {{cog|nl|klant}} Dutch klant, {{der|en|pcd|kalant}} Picard kalant, {{der|en|fro-nor|calant}} Old Northern French calant, {{der|en|fro|chaloir||to heat, to care about}} Old French chaloir (“to heat, to care about”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} callant (plural callants)
  1. (Scotland) lad, boy Tags: Scotland
    Sense id: en-callant-en-noun-MzBhlOVW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Scottish English

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for callant meaning in English (1.6kB)

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