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The truth is, this being errand boy to one hundred and fifty thousand people tires me so by night I am ready for bed instead of soirees.
Rutherford B. Hayes

Meaning of "errand boy" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ERRAND BOY

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ERRAND BOY

noun
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
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Errand boy is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ERRAND BOY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of errand boy in the English dictionary

The definition of errand boy in the dictionary is a boy employed by a shopkeeper to deliver goods and run other errands.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ERRAND BOY

err
errable
errancies
errancy
errand
errand of mercy
errant
errantly
errantries
errantry
errata
erratic
erratical
erratically
erraticism
erratum
errhine
erring
erringly
erroneous

WORDS THAT END LIKE ERRAND BOY

altar boy
baby boy
birthday boy
blue-eyed boy
cabin boy
drummer boy
fair-haired boy
golden boy
head boy
man and boy
messenger boy
old boy
pretty boy
rent boy
shepherd boy
teddy boy
the boy
whipping boy
white-haired boy
white-headed boy

Synonyms and antonyms of errand boy in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «errand boy» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ERRAND BOY

Find out the translation of errand boy to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of errand boy from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «errand boy» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

跑跑腿
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

chico de los recados
570 millions of speakers

English

errand boy
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

चपरासी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

صبي مأمورية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

мальчик на побегушках
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

garoto de recados
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ভ্রাম্যমান ছেলে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

garçon de courses
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Budak lelaki
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Laufbursche
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

使い走り
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

심부름 소년
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Errand boy
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đứa nhỏ làm chuyện vặt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சிறு பையன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रिय मुलगा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Işçi çocuğu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

fattorino
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

chłopiec na posyłki
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

хлопчик на побігеньках
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

curier
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

θελήματα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

opdrag seuntjie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

springpojke
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

visergutt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of errand boy

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ERRAND BOY»

The term «errand boy» is regularly used and occupies the 56.256 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ERRAND BOY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about errand boy

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2 QUOTES WITH «ERRAND BOY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word errand boy.
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Yunus Emre
Thought is an errand boy, fear a mine of worries.
2
Rutherford B. Hayes
The truth is, this being errand boy to one hundred and fifty thousand people tires me so by night I am ready for bed instead of soirees.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ERRAND BOY»

Discover the use of errand boy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to errand boy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Errand Boy
Phil Brent was plodding through the snow in the direction of the house where he lived with his step-mother and her son, when a snow-ball, moist and hard, struck him just below his ear with stinging emphasis.
Horatio Alger, 2004
2
The Errand Boy How Phil Brent Won Success
Alger has presented here a narrative where the protagonist, due to his upright behaviour, triumphs against odds. The brilliantly depicted characters and the life-like twists of the story make it worth reading.
Horatio Alger, 2006
3
The Errand Boy: A Novel
Everything he loves and lives for is at stake. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Don Bredes, 2009
4
The Errand Boy (Webster's Chinese Simplified Thesaurus Edition)
This edition is written in English. However, there is a running Chinese Simplified thesaurus at the bottom of each page for the more difficult English words highlighted in the text. There are many editions of The Errand Boy.
Inc Icon Group International, 2010
5
Errand Boy in the Mooseland Hills
The book is based on Magnus Bjarnason's experiences as a young boy when he and his family migrated along with other Icelanders to the Mooseland Hills, in rural Nova Scotia.
Magnus Bjarnason, 2001
6
Why the French Love Jerry Lewis: From Cabaret to Early Cinema
The Errand Boy (1961), written by Jerry Lewis and Bill Richmond and directed by Lewis, also begins with a parody of the Hollywood convention I've referred to: here, it takes the form of a pseudo-documentary on cinematic illusion. The film ...
Rae Beth Gordon, 2001
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Dictionary of Jamaican English
1943 GL StE, Bawu, a handcart. 1956 Mc Kgn /bau/ handcart. 3. A porter who pushes such a cart; hence also one who carries loads on his head, an errand- boy. 1943 GL Kgn, Bahul, cart boy; Port, Bahoot, an errand boy; StAnn, Bahulc man, ...
Frederic Gomes Cassidy, Robert Brock Le Page, 2002
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The Works of Mrs. Sherwood: Being the Only Uniform Edition ...
Being the Only Uniform Edition Ever Published in the United States ... Mrs. Sherwood (Mary Martha). THE ERRAND-BOY. THE ERRAND-BOY. A certain pious gentleman from London, whose name The Errand Boy.
Mrs. Sherwood (Mary Martha), 1837
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Speaking of Animals: A Dictionary of Animal Metaphors
ATWS; BDPF; DEI; EWPO; LTA. GOOSE THAT LAID THE GOLDEN EGGS See Kill the Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs. GO OUT ON A LIMB See Up a Tree. GOPHER a gopher (or gofer). An errand boy or girl whose job it is to go for this ...
Robert Allen Palmatier, 1995
10
Jerry Lewis
The conducting sequence in The Bellhoy, the George Baft and Harry james scenes in The Ladies Man, the “Blues in Hoss's Flat” pantomime in The Errand Boy, and the high—school hop sequence in The Patsy are all moments in which the ...
Chris Fujiwara, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ERRAND BOY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term errand boy is used in the context of the following news items.
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Sunday Grit
At the age of 10, Dietrick Lamade, along with his older brothers and sister, quit school to support the family and worked as an errand boy for ... «NorthcentralPa.com, Jul 15»
2
Jeep Stuck Edition - Sideways
Many few. Blame the Jp errand boy from moons ago, whose filing system resembled a blonde joke. Anyway, keep the stucks and rollovers and ... «Four Wheeler Network, Jul 15»
3
Kiss Me, Kates
I distinctly remember wishing we had stopped at a downtown theater for a matinee performance of Jerry Lewis's The Errand Boy rather than ... «San Diego Reader, Jul 15»
4
Mugabe Forces Mohadi to Work With Cios Who Tortured Him During …
This shows that he wants a weak minister there who can be his errand boy while he ran the ministry. "It is not as if it is illegal to do so. «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
5
Chief SML Endeley: The Eruption of a legal Chariot
I am so proud to have been the errand boy he chose to make him fulfil that enduring objective. On or about July 1, 1981, the Fon of Fontem ... «cameroon concord, Jul 15»
6
Mohadi to head CIOs who tortured him
This shows that he wants a weak minister there who can be his errand boy while he ran the ministry. “It is not as if it is illegal to do so. «New Zimbabwe.com, Jul 15»
7
THE HIRSCHFELD CENTURY Now Available
Here is Hirschfeld at age seventeen, working in the publicity department at Goldwyn Pictures (1920-1921), rising from errand boy to artist; his ... «Broadway World, Jul 15»
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3 cocaine suspects arrested at Krobo-Odumase
... suspect's home discovered another 125 parcels in a room where Joseph Tetteh, who is believed to be an errand boy of Gifty was hiding. «GhanaWeb, Jul 15»
9
8 Embarrassing Guys You Will Hook Up With In Your Twenties
... on his cocky attitude, that he's saving the free world or running a fleet of Black Hawk helicopters, but he's actually just a glorified errand boy. «MTV.com, Jul 15»
10
New-York Historical Society Celebrates Al Hirschfeld with New Book …
He was quickly promoted where he rose from errand boy to artist before moving to Universal Pictures, and landing a job as art director at ... «Broadway World, Jul 15»

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