legman /ˈlɛɡˌmæn/ noun2 •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.[W]ell, anyway, he sent a chap who acts as his confidential ‘leg-man’ and ‘Man Friday’. — 1958 •A reporter who frequently travels to conduct research, interview witnesses, etc., and then conveys the information to a rewriteman who writes up the story.Morris Cramm was night legman for a columnist and worked from seven in the evening to five in the morning. — 1949 formslegmen
