errand boynoun [ C ]
uk/ˈer.ənd ˌbɔɪ/us/ˈer.ənd ˌbɔɪ/old-fashioneda boy or young man employed by a shop or business to take messages, goods, etc.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Messengers and people who deliver things
- bearer
- broker
- courier
- deliveryman
- go-between
- herald
- letter carrier
- mail carrier
- mailman
- messenger
- milkman
- postman
- postwoman
- runner
- sender
Examples from literature
- A retired merchant in New York secures him the situation of errand boy, and thereafter stands as his friend.
- He began his career as an errand boy in a law office.
- He had no wish to deprive the errand boy of the two dollars a week, which he probably richly earned.
- He is fourteen years old and employed as errand boy in a business house in New York.
- He worked in a shipyard for a bit, then I took him as a sort of errand boy and porter.