office boy

English

Alternative forms

  • office-boy

Etymology

From office +‎ boy (“junior employee”).

Noun

office boy (plural office boys)

  1. A junior male clerk employed in a professional office to perform odd jobs, such as running errands or making copies.
  • office girl, office lady, office wife

Translations

References

  • Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
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