"paperboy" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-paperboy.wav [Southern-England] Forms: paperboys [plural]
Etymology: paper + boy Etymology templates: {{compound|en|paper|boy}} paper + boy Head templates: {{en-noun}} paperboy (plural paperboys)
  1. A male who delivers newspapers to houses on a paper round. Categories (topical): Male people, Newspapers, Occupations Synonyms: newsboy Translations (male who delivers newspapers): вестникарче (vestnikarče) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 報童 (Chinese Mandarin), 报童 (bàotóng) (Chinese Mandarin), avisdreng [common-gender] (Danish), lehdenjakaja (Finnish), livreur de journaux [masculine] (French), camelot [Canada, masculine] (French), Zeitungsausträger [masculine] (German), Zeitungsjunge [masculine] (German), újságkihordó (Hungarian), lapkihordó (Hungarian), blaðburðardrengur [masculine] (Icelandic), blaðadrengur [masculine] (Icelandic), blaðberi [broadly, masculine] (Icelandic), giolla páipéar [masculine] (Irish), ragazzo dei giornali [masculine] (Italian), strillone [masculine] (Italian), 新聞配達 (shinbun haitatsu) (alt: しんぶんはいたつ) (Japanese), पेपरवाला (peparvālā) [masculine] (Marathi), băiat cu ziare [masculine] (Romanian), газе́тчик (gazétčik) [masculine] (Russian), repartidor de periódicos [masculine] (Spanish), rocnamegêr [masculine] (Zazaki)

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      "sense": "male who delivers newspapers",
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      "sense": "male who delivers newspapers",
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      "word": "ragazzo dei giornali"
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