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MESSENGER BOY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does messenger boy mean?
• MESSENGER BOY (noun)
The noun MESSENGER BOY has 1 sense:
1. a boy who earns money by running errands
Familiarity information: MESSENGER BOY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A boy who earns money by running errands
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
errand boy; messenger boy
Hypernyms ("messenger boy" is a kind of...):
courier; messenger (a person who carries a message)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "messenger boy"):
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