callantn.

Brit.

/ˈkalənt/, U.S.

/ˈkælənt/, Scottish English

/ˈkalənt/, Irish English

/ˈkælənt/

Forms: English regional (northern) 1800s callan, 1800s callant; Scottish pre-1700 calane, pre-1700 kalland, pre-1700 1700s calland, pre-1700 1700s–1800s callan, 1700s– callant, 1800s calen, 1800s callen, 1900s– cullan; Irish English (northern) 1900s– callan, 1900s– callant.

Origin: A borrowing from Dutch. Etymons: Dutch calant, kalland.

Etymology: < Middle Dutch calant, kalant, caland, early modern Dutch †kalland (Dutch klant ) customer, chap, lad, fellow, companion (1460–80) < French regional (northern) caland , variant of Middle French chaland (French chaland ) companion, friend (2nd half of the 13th cent.; 1174 in Anglo-Norman in sense ‘protector’), colleague (end of the 13th cent.), client, customer (1548), use as noun of the present participle of chaloir to matter, be important, to care (see challoir n.).

†1. Scottish. A customer. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > buying > buyer > [noun] > customer or client

customer1409

callant1502

patron1607

commercer1654

merchant1673

client1833

mark1935

punter1965

1502 A. Halyburton Ledger (1867) 269 God kep all gud men fra sic callandis.

1599 in R. D. MacEwan Old Glasgow Weavers (1916) 49 That nane of thair craft tak fra ony calane of quhome thai have work ony kynd of silveir before the hand.

1640 in J. H. Macadam Baxter Bks. St. Andrews (1903) 108 The complaint gevin in be Elizabithe Buchannan aganis Johne Braid and his wyffe for tysting of hir callandis and customeris by hir.

2. Scottish, Irish English (northern), and English regional (northern). A boy, a lad; a young man, a fellow. In early use also: †a companion, an associate (obsolete).

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > young person > youth or young man > [noun]

frumberdlingc1000

young manOE

childc1225

hind1297

pagec1300

youtha1325

fawnc1369

swainc1386

stripling1398

boy1440

springaldc1450

jovencel1490

younkera1522

speara1529

gorrel1530

lad1535

hobbledehoy1540

cockerel1547

waga1556

spring1559

loonc1560

hensure1568

youngster1577

imp1578

pigsney1581

cocklinga1586

demy1589

muchacho1591

shaver1592

snipper-snappera1593

callant1597

spaught1598

stubble boy1598

ghillie1603

codling1612

cuba1616

skippera1616

man-boy1637

sprig1646

callow1651

halflang1660

stubbed boy1683

gossoon1684

gilpie1718

stirraha1722

young lion1792

halfling1794

pubescent1795

young man1810

sixteener1824

señorito1843

tad1845

boysie1846

shaveling1854

ephebe1880

boychick1921

lightie1946

young blood1967

studmuffin1986

the world > people > person > child > boy > [noun]

knightc893

knapec1000

knaveOE

knape childc1175

knave-childa1225

groom?c1225

knight-bairnc1275

pagec1300

mana1382

swainc1386

knave-bairna1400

little mana1425

man-childa1438

boy1440

little boya1475

lad1535

boykin1540

tomboya1556

urchin1556

loonc1560

kinchin-co(ve)1567

big boy1572

dandiprat1582

pricket1582

boy child1584

callant1597

suck-egg1609

nacketc1618

custrel1668

hospital-boy1677

whelp1710

laddie1721

charity-boy1723

pam-child1760

chappie1822

bo1825

boyo1835

wagling1837

shirttail boy1840

boysie1846

umfaan1852

nipper1859

yob1859

fellow-my-lad?1860

laddo1870

chokra1875

shegetz1885

spalpeen1891

spadger1899

bug1900

boychick1921

sonny boy1928

sonny1939

okie1943

lightie1946

outjie1961

oke1970

society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > a companion or associate > [noun]

yferec870

brothereOE

ymonec950

headlingOE

ferec975

fellowOE

friendOE

eveningOE

evenlinglOE

even-nexta1225

compeerc1275

monec1300

companiona1325

partnerc1330

peerc1330

neighbour?c1335

falec1380

matec1380

makec1385

companya1425

sociatec1430

marrow1440

partyc1443

customera1450

conferec1450

pareil?c1450

comparcionerc1475

resortc1475

socius1480

copartner?1504

billy?a1513

accomplice1550

panion1553

consorterc1556

compartner1564

co-mate1576

copemate1577

competitor1579

consociate1579

coach-companion1589

comrade1591

consort1592

callant1597

comrado1598

associate1601

coach-fellow1602

rival1604

social1604

concomitanta1639

concerner1639

consociator1646

compane1647

societary1652

bor1677

socius1678

interessora1687

companioness1691

rendezvouser1742

connection1780

frater1786

matey1794

pardner1795

left bower1829

running mate1867

stable companion1868

pard1872

buddy1895

maat1900

bro1922

stable-mate1941

bredda1969

Ndugu1973

1597 in J. Stuart Misc. Spalding Club (1841) I. 174 Christen Reid, thy callan, quhom thow imployit at all tymes.

a1625 King James VI & I Lusus Regius (1901) 8 Quhat a kalland is this?

1686 G. Stuart Joco-serious Disc. 64 Gang seek your Callands with a shame, For Andro he is nane of them.

1716 A. Ramsay On Wit 21 The calland gap'd and glowr'd about.

1773 R. Fergusson Poems 93 An' ilka canty callant sing like me.

1811 M. Lonsdale Th' Upshot in F. Jollie Sketch of Cumberland Manners 9 Leytle gev' a spang, Leyke a feyne squoaveran' callan.

1814 W. Scott Waverley III. xxiii. 349 ‘Ye're a daft callant, sir,’ said the Baron.

1816 J. Gilchrist Philos. Etymol. 205 College calens might become so free and bold, [etc.].

1831 J. Roby Trad. Lancs. 2nd Ser. II. 124 Not a soul to set th' dog at him, nor a callant to tak' him by t' horns, an' say ‘Boh!’

1927 J. Buchan Witch Wood ii. 43 Ye're a young callant to be a minister.

1989 A. Blair Goose Girl of Eriska 16 He winked at cheeky callants whose tormenting was unmalicious, and cuffed the ears of unpleasant bullies.

1991 T. S. Law in T. Hubbard New Makars 34 Siccan a cullan's neebor yince Was nichtit yae day nae day since.

2003 Belfast News Let. 26 Apr. (Features section) 22 Tha callants flit tae Dee Street and thrived laik pet lambs.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	callant
释义	callantn. Brit. /ˈkalənt/, U.S. /ˈkælənt/, Scottish English /ˈkalənt/, Irish English /ˈkælənt/ Forms: English regional (northern) 1800s callan, 1800s callant; Scottish pre-1700 calane, pre-1700 kalland, pre-1700 1700s calland, pre-1700 1700s–1800s callan, 1700s– callant, 1800s calen, 1800s callen, 1900s– cullan; Irish English (northern) 1900s– callan, 1900s– callant. Origin: A borrowing from Dutch. Etymons: Dutch calant, kalland. Etymology: < Middle Dutch calant, kalant, caland, early modern Dutch †kalland (Dutch klant ) customer, chap, lad, fellow, companion (1460–80) < French regional (northern) caland , variant of Middle French chaland (French chaland ) companion, friend (2nd half of the 13th cent.; 1174 in Anglo-Norman in sense ‘protector’), colleague (end of the 13th cent.), client, customer (1548), use as noun of the present participle of chaloir to matter, be important, to care (see challoir n.). †1. Scottish. A customer. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > buying > buyer > [noun] > customer or client customer1409 callant1502 patron1607 commercer1654 merchant1673 client1833 mark1935 punter1965 1502 A. Halyburton Ledger (1867) 269 God kep all gud men fra sic callandis. 1599 in R. D. MacEwan Old Glasgow Weavers (1916) 49 That nane of thair craft tak fra ony calane of quhome thai have work ony kynd of silveir before the hand. 1640 in J. H. Macadam Baxter Bks. St. Andrews (1903) 108 The complaint gevin in be Elizabithe Buchannan aganis Johne Braid and his wyffe for tysting of hir callandis and customeris by hir. 2. Scottish, Irish English (northern), and English regional (northern). A boy, a lad; a young man, a fellow. In early use also: †a companion, an associate (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > young person > youth or young man > [noun] frumberdlingc1000 young manOE childc1225 hind1297 pagec1300 youtha1325 fawnc1369 swainc1386 stripling1398 boy1440 springaldc1450 jovencel1490 younkera1522 speara1529 gorrel1530 lad1535 hobbledehoy1540 cockerel1547 waga1556 spring1559 loonc1560 hensure1568 youngster1577 imp1578 pigsney1581 cocklinga1586 demy1589 muchacho1591 shaver1592 snipper-snappera1593 callant1597 spaught1598 stubble boy1598 ghillie1603 codling1612 cuba1616 skippera1616 man-boy1637 sprig1646 callow1651 halflang1660 stubbed boy1683 gossoon1684 gilpie1718 stirraha1722 young lion1792 halfling1794 pubescent1795 young man1810 sixteener1824 señorito1843 tad1845 boysie1846 shaveling1854 ephebe1880 boychick1921 lightie1946 young blood1967 studmuffin1986 the world > people > person > child > boy > [noun] knightc893 knapec1000 knaveOE knape childc1175 knave-childa1225 groom?c1225 knight-bairnc1275 pagec1300 mana1382 swainc1386 knave-bairna1400 little mana1425 man-childa1438 boy1440 little boya1475 lad1535 boykin1540 tomboya1556 urchin1556 loonc1560 kinchin-co(ve)1567 big boy1572 dandiprat1582 pricket1582 boy child1584 callant1597 suck-egg1609 nacketc1618 custrel1668 hospital-boy1677 whelp1710 laddie1721 charity-boy1723 pam-child1760 chappie1822 bo1825 boyo1835 wagling1837 shirttail boy1840 boysie1846 umfaan1852 nipper1859 yob1859 fellow-my-lad?1860 laddo1870 chokra1875 shegetz1885 spalpeen1891 spadger1899 bug1900 boychick1921 sonny boy1928 sonny1939 okie1943 lightie1946 outjie1961 oke1970 society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > a companion or associate > [noun] yferec870 brothereOE ymonec950 headlingOE ferec975 fellowOE friendOE eveningOE evenlinglOE even-nexta1225 compeerc1275 monec1300 companiona1325 partnerc1330 peerc1330 neighbour?c1335 falec1380 matec1380 makec1385 companya1425 sociatec1430 marrow1440 partyc1443 customera1450 conferec1450 pareil?c1450 comparcionerc1475 resortc1475 socius1480 copartner?1504 billy?a1513 accomplice1550 panion1553 consorterc1556 compartner1564 co-mate1576 copemate1577 competitor1579 consociate1579 coach-companion1589 comrade1591 consort1592 callant1597 comrado1598 associate1601 coach-fellow1602 rival1604 social1604 concomitanta1639 concerner1639 consociator1646 compane1647 societary1652 bor1677 socius1678 interessora1687 companioness1691 rendezvouser1742 connection1780 frater1786 matey1794 pardner1795 left bower1829 running mate1867 stable companion1868 pard1872 buddy1895 maat1900 bro1922 stable-mate1941 bredda1969 Ndugu1973 1597 in J. Stuart Misc. Spalding Club (1841) I. 174 Christen Reid, thy callan, quhom thow imployit at all tymes. a1625 King James VI & I Lusus Regius (1901) 8 Quhat a kalland is this? 1686 G. Stuart Joco-serious Disc. 64 Gang seek your Callands with a shame, For Andro he is nane of them. 1716 A. Ramsay On Wit 21 The calland gap'd and glowr'd about. 1773 R. Fergusson Poems 93 An' ilka canty callant sing like me. 1811 M. Lonsdale Th' Upshot in F. Jollie Sketch of Cumberland Manners 9 Leytle gev' a spang, Leyke a feyne squoaveran' callan. 1814 W. Scott Waverley III. xxiii. 349 ‘Ye're a daft callant, sir,’ said the Baron. View more context for this quotation 1816 J. Gilchrist Philos. Etymol. 205 College calens might become so free and bold, [etc.]. 1831 J. Roby Trad. Lancs. 2nd Ser. II. 124 Not a soul to set th' dog at him, nor a callant to tak' him by t' horns, an' say ‘Boh!’ 1927 J. Buchan Witch Wood ii. 43 Ye're a young callant to be a minister. 1989 A. Blair Goose Girl of Eriska 16 He winked at cheeky callants whose tormenting was unmalicious, and cuffed the ears of unpleasant bullies. 1991 T. S. Law in T. Hubbard New Makars 34 Siccan a cullan's neebor yince Was nichtit yae day nae day since. 2003 Belfast News Let. 26 Apr. (Features section) 22 Tha callants flit tae Dee Street and thrived laik pet lambs. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1502
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