Definitions for office boy

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

of′fice boy`(n.)

  1. a person, traditionally a boy, employed in an office to run errands, do odd jobs, etc.

Origin of office boy:

1840–50

Princeton's WordNet

  1. office boy(noun)

    a young man who is employed to do odd jobs in a business office

Wiktionary

  1. office boy(Noun)

    A boy or junior clerk employed in a professional office to perform odd jobs, such as running errands or making copies.

  2. Origin: office + boy (junior employee)


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