"office boy" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: office boys [plural]
Etymology: From office + boy (“junior employee”). Etymology templates: {{compound|en|office|boy|gloss2=junior employee}} office + boy (“junior employee”) Head templates: {{en-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. Categories (topical): Male people, Occupations Synonyms: office-boy Related terms: office girl, office lady, office wife Translations (boy or junior clerk employed in a professional office): راش (farrá:š) [masculine] (Arabic), разсилен (razsilen) [masculine] (Bulgarian), разносвач (raznosvač) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ordenança [masculine] (Catalan), kantoorknecht (english: je) (Dutch), boy [masculine] (Polish), gille-oifis [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), ordenanza [masculine] (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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