office boy

American  

noun

• office boys
  plural

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

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office boy British  

noun

1. a former name for office junior

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• office boys
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of office boy

First recorded in 1840–50

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

office boy

It was in 1890 that Arthur Beale joined the company as an office boy and the shop was re-named after him in the early 1900s.

From BBC ● May 12, 2021

Weiss began his career as an office boy for William Morris in New York, making $12 a week.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2019

He grew up in Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y., and, while on his summer vacation from high school, was an office boy at The New Yorker.

From New York Times ● Feb. 23, 2017

Mr. Hamilton, who had no interest in following his father into the British diplomatic service, entered films at 17 as a studio office boy.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 21, 2016

An office boy came along to direct me.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison

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