A confident, carefree young man. Primarily heard in UK. Jim's a bit of a Jack the Lad—he likes his job as a bicycle courier and doesn't care what anybody else thinks.
a confident and not very serious young man who behaves as he wants to without thinking about other people Three children with three different women? Well, he always was a bit of a Jack the Lad.
(British & Australian informal) alsoone of the boys (American informal)
someone who is accepted as part of a group of male friends who all have similar ideas and interests Greene, although not one of the lads, is popular with most of them.