English[edit]
errand boy (plural errand boys)
- A male employed to run errands.
1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 96:There was plenty of food and plenty of work. He was to be errand boy, and to help the girls to carry wood and water and do other odd jobs.
- (management, derogatory) Someone in a responsible position who performs relatively menial tasks for a senior manager.
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male employed to run errands
- Belarusian: хло́пчык на пабягу́шках m (xlópčyk na pabjahúškax), пасы́льны m (pasýlʹny), рассы́льны m (rassýlʹny)
- Bulgarian: момче́ за поръ́чки n (momčé za porǎ́čki)
- Dutch: loopjongen (nl) m
- Estonian: jooksupoiss
- Finnish: juoksupoika (fi)
- French: coursier (fr) m, garçon de courses (fr) m
- Galician: mandadeiro, recadeiro
- German: Botenjunge m, Laufbursche (de) m
- Hungarian: kifutófiú (hu)
- Italian: bardotto (it) m, fattorino (it) m
- Latin: cursor (la) m
- Plautdietsch: Schekjbenjel m
- Polish: chłopiec na posyłki (pl) m
- Portuguese: moleque de recados m
- Romanian: curier (ro) m
- Russian: ма́льчик на побегу́шках (ru) m (málʹčik na pobegúškax), рассы́льный (ru) m (rassýlʹnyj), посы́льный (ru) m (posýlʹnyj)
- Scottish Gaelic: gille-gnothaich m
- Spanish: repartidor m, recadero m, encomendero m
- Swedish: springpojke (sv) c
- Turkish: ayakçı (tr)
- Ukrainian: хло́пчик на побіге́ньках m (xlópčyk na pobihénʹkax), хло́пчик на побіга́шках m (xlópčyk na pobiháškax), розси́льний m (rozsýlʹnyj), поси́льний m (posýlʹnyj)
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someone nominally in responsible position
