legman
See also: leg man
English
Etymology
From leg + -man, modelled after legwork,[1] in reference to the walking such a person does.
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: leg‧man
Audio (UK): (file)
Noun
legman (plural legmen)
- (originally US) A person hired to carrying out errands or (often) menial tasks, frequently requiring travel from place to place; an errand boy or errand girl, a runner.
- (originally US, journalism) A reporter who frequently travels to conduct research, interview witnesses, etc.
- Antonym: leg woman
Alternative forms
Translations
person hired to carry out errands or (often) menial tasks, frequently requiring travel from place to place — see also errand boy, runner
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reporter who frequently travels
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See also
- legwork
- shoe-leather (adjective)
References
- ^ “legman, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2016; “legman”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Further reading
legman (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
