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callant

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chiefly Scottish

Synonyms of callant

a male person who has not yet reached adulthood

ever since he was a callant, he's been fishing off the eastern coast of Scotland

Synonyms for callant

boy,
boychick
(or boychik),
boyo
[Irish],
lad,
laddie,
nipper,
shaveling,
shaver,
sonny,
stripling,
tad,
youth

Words Related to callant

adolescent,
juvenile,
kid,
kiddie
(also kiddy),
kiddo,
minor,
moppet,
teenager,
tween,
youngling,
youngster

gamin,
guttersnipe,
hobbledehoy,
imp,
squirt,
urchin,
whippersnapper

schoolboy

toddler,
tot,
tyke
(also tike)

mama's boy

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