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office junior

British  

noun

  1. a young person, esp a school-leaver, employed in an office for running errands and doing other minor jobs

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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His uncle was a solicitor and he went to work as an office junior at the firm.

From BBC • Jan. 20, 2022

Among those who helped to pick up the pieces was John Maxse, now a PR consultant with the British Horseracing Authority but in 1993 a newly arrived office junior in the Jockey Club's PR operation.

From The Guardian • Apr. 4, 2013

I was just 17 and an office junior earning £6 a week - it was an exhilarating experience and I was made to feel really special by the stylist.

From BBC • May 24, 2012

It’s the French embassy, and in the ambassador’s office, junior diplomats smoked and fetched faxes underneath giant frescoes by Francesco Salviati and Taddeo Zuccari.

From New York Times • Jan. 7, 2011

In this Malcolm Sage was a bitter disappointment to William Johnson, the office junior.

From Malcolm Sage, Detective by Jenkins, Herbert George

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