Meaning and Origin
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Origin and Meaning of Page
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English
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French
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Greek
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International Interest
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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
noun Page
Senses
- A serving boy; formerly, a youth attending a person of high degree, especially at courts, as a position of honor and education; now commonly, in England, a youth employed for doing errands, waiting on the door, and similar service in households; in the United States, a boy or girl employed to wait upon the members of a legislative body. Prior to 1960 only boys served as pages in the United States Congress"He had two pages of honor -- on either hand one." [Bacon.]
- A boy child.(Obs)
- A contrivance, as a band, pin, snap, or the like, to hold the skirt of a woman's dress from the ground.
- [Brickmaking] A track along which pallets carrying newly molded bricks are conveyed to the hack.
- [Zoöl] Any one of several species of beautiful South American moths of the genus Urania.
Etymology: F., fr. It. paggio, LL. pagius, fr. Gr. paidi`on, dim. of pai^s paido`s, a boy, servant; perh. akin to L. puer. Cf. Pedagogue Puerile
verb page
Senses
- To attend (one) as a page.(Obs)
- To call out a person's name in a public place, so as to deliver a message, as in a hospital, restaurant, etc.
- To call a person on a pager.
noun Page
Senses
- One side of a leaf of a book or manuscript."Such was the book from whose pages she sang." [Longfellow.]
- (Fig.:)A record; a writing; as, the page of history.
- [Print] The type set up for printing a page.
Etymology: F., fr. L. pagina; prob. akin to pagere pangere, to fasten, fix, make, the pages or leaves being fastened together. Cf. Pact Pageant Pagination
verb Page
To mark or number the pages of, as a book or manuscript; to furnish with folios.
Other Dictionary Sources
- One side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains
- In medieval times a youth acting as a knight's attendant as the first stage in training for knighthood
- A youthful attendant at official functions or ceremonies such as legislative functions and weddings
- A boy who is employed to run errands
- United States diplomat and writer about the Old South (1853-1922)
- English industrialist who pioneered in the design and manufacture of aircraft (1885-1962)
- Contact, as with a pager or by calling somebody's name over a P.A. system
- Number the pages of a book or manuscript
- Work as a page
Wiktionary
- An English and Scottish occupational surname for someone who was a servant.
- (rare) A male given name transferred from the surname.
- A female given name.
- A city in Arizona
- A village in Nebraska
- A city in North Dakota
- An unincorporated community in Oklahoma
Page was also found in the following language(s): German