errand boy
Messenger for tasks
An errand boy is someone employed to run errands—delivering messages, fetching supplies, picking up packages.
The term often implies a low-status position doing menial tasks for others: I'm not your errand boy.
Figuratively, it describes anyone who does another's bidding without real authority or respect: The senator was the lobbyist's errand boy.
Menial task doer
- lackeyServile follower or minion
- minionServile subordinate
- underlingPerson of lower rank
- flunkyServile subordinate
servant · helper · assistant · aide · peon · hireling · factotum · attendant
Delivery person or service
- runnerOne who sprints
- deliverymanOne who transports goods
- dispatchSend with speed
- go-betweenAgent connecting separate parties
carrier · bearer · page · herald · emissary · envoy · intermediary · postman
gofer
Menial task doer
flunky · servant · helper · assistant · aide · peon · hireling · factotum · attendant · footman
courier
Delivery person or service
- runnerOne who sprints
- deliverymanOne who transports goods
- dispatchSend with speed
go-between · carrier · bearer · page · herald · emissary · envoy · intermediary · postman · bike messenger
valet
Personal servant or parker
bellhop · porter · page · houseboy · manservant · domestic · retainer · footman · orderly · batman
chore
Routine domestic task
- assignmentAllocated work or duty
- dutyRequired moral task
- jobPaid position of employment
commission · fetch · delivery · pickup · drop-off · run · task · odd job · legwork · busywork
- helpersnurse, helper, volunteer, aide, assistant
- assistantsassistant, helper, aide, aide-de-camp, PA
- boyslad, laddie, son, youngster, youth
- lackeyslackey, minion, flunky, underling, gofer
- messengersmessenger, courier, couriers, herald, heralds
- underlingsunderling, underlings, subordinate, minions, minion
errand boyboss
Workplace superior
decision-maker · commander · leader · chief · executive
errand boyVIP
Notable, for short
bigwig · dignitary · mogul · tycoon · mover and shaker
errand boymastermind
Scheme's chief planner
free agent · architect · strategist · visionary · prime mover
boy, errand, boys, boyish, boyhood, errands, errant, boyishness