legman

Meanings

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.

1. A surname.

Etymology

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