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legman.

A person hired to carry out errands or (often) menial tasks, frequently requiring travel from place to place; an errand boy or errand girl, a runner.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈlɛɡˌmæn/Received-Pronunciation/-mən/Received-Pronunciation/ˈlɛɡˌmæn/General-American
  1. A person hired to carry out errands or (often) menial tasks, frequently requiring travel from place to place; an errand boy or errand girl, a runner.

  2. A reporter who frequently travels to conduct research, interview witnesses, etc., and then conveys the information to a rewriteman who writes up the story.

Where this word comes from

From leg + -man, modelled after legwork, in reference to the walking such a person does.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.