Definitions for: Page


[n] one side of one leaf (of a book or magasine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains
[n] in medieval times a youth acting as a knight's attendant as the first stage in training for knighthood
[n] a youthful attendant at official functions or ceremonies such as legislative functions and weddings
[n] a boy who is employed to run errands
[n] United States diplomat and writer about the Old South (1853-1922)
[n] English industrialist who pioneered in the design and manufacture of aircraft (1885-1962)
[v] call out somebody's name over a P.A. system
[v] number the pages of a book or manuscript
[v] work as a page; "He is paging in Congress this summer"



Webster (1913) Definition: 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
employed to wait upon the members of a legislative body.


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.]
1. One side of a leaf of a book or manuscript.

Such was the book from whose pages she sang.
--Longfellow.

2. Fig.: A record; a writing; as, the page of history.

3. (Print.) The type set up for printing a page.


Page, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Paged; p. pr. & vb. n.
Paging.]
To mark or number the pages of, as a book or manuscript; to
furnish with folios.

Synonyms: foliate, pageboy, paginate, Sri Frederick Handley Page, Thomas Nelson Page, varlet

See Also: attendant, attender, author, bastard title, diplomat, diplomatist, dog-ear, errand boy, facing pages, foldout, folio, full page, gatefold, half page, half title, industrialist, leaf, margin, messenger boy, number, page number, pagination, paging, paper, recto, sports page, spread, spreadhead, summon, tender, title page, verso, work, writer

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