Standard Lemma guide

paperboy

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A boy who delivers newspapers to houses on a paper round.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Our current paperboy does a nicely consistent job of throwing the paper onto the porch. Our old paperboy sometimes would fling it into the bushes!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: newsboy

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: boy, person

2

noun

Meaning 2

a boy who sells or delivers newspapers

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: deliveryman, delivery boy, deliverer

History

Etymology

From paper + boy.

Across languages

Translations

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: вестникарче (vestnikarče) — male who delivers newspapers
  • Catalan: repartidor de diaris — male who delivers newspapers
  • Chinese Mandarin: 報童 /报童 (bàotóng) — male who delivers newspapers
  • Danish: avisdreng — male who delivers newspapers
  • Finnish: lehdenjakaja — male who delivers newspapers
  • French: livreur de journaux — male who delivers newspapers
  • French: camelot — male who delivers newspapers
  • German: Zeitungsausträger — male who delivers newspapers
  • German: Zeitungsjunge — male who delivers newspapers
  • Hungarian: újságkihordó — male who delivers newspapers
  • Hungarian: lapkihordó — male who delivers newspapers
  • Icelandic: blaðburðardrengur — male who delivers newspapers
  • Icelandic: blaðadrengur — male who delivers newspapers
  • Icelandic: blaðberi — male who delivers newspapers
  • Irish: giolla páipéar — male who delivers newspapers
  • Italian: ragazzo dei giornali — male who delivers newspapers
  • Italian: strillone — male who delivers newspapers
  • Japanese: 新聞配達 (shinbun haitatsu) — male who delivers newspapers
  • Marathi: पेपरवाला (peparvālā) — male who delivers newspapers
  • Portuguese: ardina — male who delivers newspapers
  • Romanian: băiat cu ziare — male who delivers newspapers
  • Russian: газе́тчик (gazétčik) — male who delivers newspapers
  • Spanish: repartidor de periódicos — male who delivers newspapers
  • Welsh: bachgen danfon papurau — male who delivers newspapers
  • Welsh: hogyn papur newydd — male who delivers newspapers
  • Zazaki: rocnamegêr — male who delivers newspapers