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Definition: Errand Boy |
Errand BoyNoun1. A boy who earns money by running errands. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: Errand BoySynonym: messenger boy (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Messenger | Commissionaire; errand boy, chore boy; newsboy. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Errand Boy |
| English words defined with "errand boy": bellboy, bellhop, bellman ♦ Foot page ♦ Gallopin. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "errand boy": MERCURY. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | You're a punk, a rank amateur, a costumed errand boy taking orders from a senile old man. (Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker; writing credit: Bob Kane; Paul Dini) I hear you wrangled yourself a new errand boy. (Batman Beyond; writing credit: Hilary Bader; Stan Berkowitz) You're an errand boy, sent by grocery clerks, to collect a bill. (Apocalypse Now; writing credit: John Milius ; Francis Ford Coppola) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Errand Boy (1961) Our New Errand Boy (1905) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Books | |
Theater & Movies | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
errand boy | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "errand boy"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | djalë që kryen porosira. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | разсилен (commissionaire, janitor, office boy, runner, usher), разносвач (carrier), пиколо (bellboy, bellhop, octave, octave-flute, piccolo). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | poslíèek (buttons, page). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | juoksupoika (office boy), asiapoika (office boy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | laufjunge (copy boy, office boy), laufbursche (footboy, legman, messenger boy, runner), bote (ambassador, carrier, courier, delivery boy, emissary, envoy, harbinger, Herald, legman, messenger, paperboy, runner, summoner). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | μικρόσ για θελήματα. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ער שליח (office boy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kifutófiú (delivery boy, grocery-bag boy, pageboy), küldönc (bell boy, bell-hop, commissionaire, copyboy, courier, express, mercury, messenger, office boy, orderly, peon, post boy, runner). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | guilley drid (bellboy, boots, buttons, fag, flunkey, footman), eilkinagh (bellboy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maya | tus-beh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | erranday oybay comisionar (broker, carrier, commissionnaire, consignee, middleman, outside porter, page, salesman). (various references) мальчик на посылках. (various references) trčkaralo (legman, office boy, trotter). (various references) faquin. (various references) springpojke (devil, errand-boy, messenger, messenger boy, office boy, page boy). (various references) ayakçı, çırak (apprentice, footboy, helper, legman, pupil). (various references) розсильний (office boy), хлопчик на побігеньках. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-d-e-n-o-r-r-y" | |
-1 letter: boneyard. | |
-2 letters: adorner, arbored, bandore, boarder, brander, broaden, broader, readorn, reboard, reynard. | |
-3 letters: adorer, bander, barony, barred, barren, baryon, benday, beyond, bonder, borane, border, boyard, brandy, brayed, brayer, bready, byroad, darner, denary, dreary, droner, errand, nearby, noyade, ornery, rebody, reborn, redbay, roared, roband, yarned, yarner, yonder. | |
-4 letters: abode, adobe, adore, adorn, anode, arbor, ardeb. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-d-e-n-o-r-r-y" | |
+4 letters: rekeyboarding. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Anagrams | 9. Bibliography |
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