Meanings
nounpaperboy (plural paperboys)
plural paperboys
- A boy who delivers newspapers to houses on a paper round.
Our current paperboy does a nicely consistent job of throwing the paper onto the porch. Our old paperboy sometimes would fling it into the bushes!
Synonyms: newsboy
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA boy who delivers newspapers to houses on a paper round.
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Bulgarian вестникарче
- вестникарче (vestnikarče)male who delivers newspapers
Catalan repartidor de diaris
- repartidor de diarismale who delivers newspapers
Chinese Mandarin 報童 /报童
- 報童 /报童 (bàotóng)male who delivers newspapers
Danish avisdreng
- avisdrengmale who delivers newspapers
Finnish lehdenjakaja
- lehdenjakajamale who delivers newspapers
French livreur de journaux, camelot
- livreur de journauxmale who delivers newspapers
- camelotmale who delivers newspapers
German Zeitungsausträger, Zeitungsjunge
- Zeitungsausträgermale who delivers newspapers
- Zeitungsjungemale who delivers newspapers
Hungarian újságkihordó, lapkihordó
- újságkihordómale who delivers newspapers
- lapkihordómale who delivers newspapers
Icelandic blaðburðardrengur, blaðadrengur
- blaðburðardrengurmale who delivers newspapers
- blaðadrengurmale who delivers newspapers
- blaðberimale who delivers newspapers
Irish giolla páipéar
- giolla páipéarmale who delivers newspapers
Italian ragazzo dei giornali, strillone
- ragazzo dei giornalimale who delivers newspapers
- strillonemale who delivers newspapers
Japanese 新聞配達
- 新聞配達 (shinbun haitatsu)male who delivers newspapers
Portuguese ardina
- ardinamale who delivers newspapers
Romanian băiat cu ziare
- băiat cu ziaremale who delivers newspapers
Russian газе́тчик
- газе́тчик (gazétčik)male who delivers newspapers
Spanish repartidor de periódicos
- repartidor de periódicosmale who delivers newspapers
Welsh bachgen danfon papurau, hogyn papur newydd
- bachgen danfon papuraumale who delivers newspapers
- hogyn papur newyddmale who delivers newspapers
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APA
paperboy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paperboy
MLA
“paperboy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paperboy. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “paperboy,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paperboy.
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