1. A young male employee in a newspaper or publishing office who runs errands and delivers copy between departments.
Usage: dated; chiefly historical

Examples

• The copyboy rushed the finished article from the reporters' desks to the editor's office.
• In the 1950s, many newspapers employed copyboys to handle routine tasks in the newsroom.
• He started his journalism career as a copyboy before becoming a full-time reporter.
• The copyboy was responsible for fetching coffee and delivering proofs to the printing department.
• Young copyboys learned the newspaper business from the ground up.