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A junior male clerk employed in a professional office to perform odd jobs, such as running errands or making copies.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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a young man who is employed to do odd jobs in a business office
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: employee
From office + boy (“junior employee”).
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
راش
(farrá:š)
— boy or junior clerk employed in a professional office
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Bulgarian:
разсилен
(razsilen)
— boy or junior clerk employed in a professional office
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Bulgarian:
разносвач
(raznosvač)
— boy or junior clerk employed in a professional office
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Catalan:
ordenança
— boy or junior clerk employed in a professional office
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Dutch:
kantoorknecht
— boy or junior clerk employed in a professional office
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Polish:
boy
— boy or junior clerk employed in a professional office
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Scottish Gaelic:
gille-oifis
— boy or junior clerk employed in a professional office
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Spanish:
ordenanza
— boy or junior clerk employed in a professional office