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- Page Page (p[=a]j), n. [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}.]
1. 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
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He had two pages of honor -- on either hand one.
--Bacon.
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2. A boy child. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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3. A contrivance, as a band, pin, snap, or the like, to hold
the skirt of a woman's dress from the ground.
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4. (Brickmaking) A track along which pallets carrying newly
molded bricks are conveyed to the hack.
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5. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of beautiful South
American moths of the genus {Urania}.
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Page — Page, n. [F., fr. L. pagina; prob. akin to pagere, pangere, to fasten, fix, make, the pages or leaves being fastened together. Cf. {Pact}, {Pageant}, {Pagination}.] [1913 Webster] 1. One side of a leaf of a book or manuscript. [1913 Webster] Such … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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