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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PAGE, n. [Gr. a boy.]
1. A boy attending on a great person, rather for formality or show, than for servitude.
He had two pages of honor, on either hand one.
2. A boy or man that attends on a legislative body. In Massachusetts,the page is a boy that conveys papers from the members of the house of representatives to the speaker, and from the speaker or clerk to the members.
PAGE, n. [L. pagina.] One side of a leaf of a book.
1. A book or writing or writings; as the page of history.
2. Pages, in the plural, signifies also books or writings; as the sacred pages.
PAGE, v.t. To mark or number the pates of a book or manuscript.
1. To attend, as a page.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains
2: English industrialist who pioneered in the design and manufacture of aircraft (1885-1962) [syn: Page, Sir Frederick Handley Page]
3: United States diplomat and writer about the Old South (1853-1922) [syn: Page, Thomas Nelson Page]
4: a boy who is employed to run errands [syn: page, pageboy]
5: a youthful attendant at official functions or ceremonies such as legislative functions and weddings
6: in medieval times a youth acting as a knight's attendant as the first stage in training for knighthood [syn: page, varlet] v
1: contact, as with a pager or by calling somebody's name over a P.A. system
2: work as a page; "He is paging in Congress this summer"
3: number the pages of a book or manuscript [syn: foliate, paginate, page]

Merriam Webster's

I. biographical name Thomas Nelson 1853-1922 American novelist & diplomat II. biographical name Walter Hines 1855-1918 American journalist & diplomat

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French Date: 14th century 1. a. (1) a youth being trained for the medieval rank of knight and in the personal service of a knight (2) a youth attendant on a person of rank especially in the medieval period b. a boy serving as an honorary attendant at a formal function (as a wedding) 2. one employed to deliver messages, assist patrons, serve as a guide, or attend to similar duties 3. an act or instance of paging <a page came over the loudspeaker> <got a page from the client> II. transitive verb (paged; paging) Date: 15th century 1. to wait on or serve in the capacity of a page 2. to summon by repeatedly calling out the name of 3. to send a message to via a pager III. noun Etymology: Middle French, from Latin pagina; akin to Latin pangere to fix, fasten — more at pact Date: 1589 1. a. one of the leaves of a publication or manuscript; also a single side of one of these leaves b. the material printed or written on a page 2. a. a written record b. a noteworthy event or period 3. a. a sizable subdivision of computer memory; also a block of information that fills a page and can be transferred as a unit between the internal and external storage of a computer b. the block of information found at a single World Wide Web address IV. verb (paged; paging) Date: 1628 transitive verb to number or mark the pages of intransitive verb to turn the pages (as of a book or magazine) especially in a steady or haphazard manner — usually used with through

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. n. & v. --n. 1 a a leaf of a book, periodical, etc. b each side of this. c what is written or printed on this. 2 a an episode that might fill a page in written history etc.; a record. b a memorable event. --v.tr. paginate. Etymology: F f. L pagina f. pangere fasten 2. n. & v. --n. 1 a boy or man, usu. in livery, employed to run errands, attend to a door, etc. 2 a boy employed as a personal attendant of a person of rank, a bride, etc. 3 hist. a boy in training for knighthood and attached to a knight's service. --v.tr. 1 (in hotels, airports, etc.) summon by making an announcement or by sending a messenger. 2 summon by means of a pager. Phrases and idioms: page-boy 1 = PAGE(2) n. 2. 2 a woman's hairstyle with the hair reaching to the shoulder and rolled under at the ends. Etymology: ME f. OF, perh. f. It. paggio f. Gk paidion, dimin. of pais paidos boy

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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 employed to wait upon the members of a legislative body.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.] 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(pages, paging, paged) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. A page is one side of one of the pieces of paper in a book, magazine, or newspaper. Each page usually has a number printed at the top or bottom. Where's your book? Take it out and turn to page 4. ...the front page of the Guardian. ...1,400 pages of top-secret information. N-COUNT: oft N num 2. The pages of a book, magazine, or newspaper are the pieces of paper it consists of. He turned the pages of his notebook... Over the page you can read all about the six great books on offer. N-COUNT 3. You can refer to an important event or period of time as a page of history. (LITERARY) ...a new page in the country's political history. N-COUNT: with supp 4. If someone who is in a public place is paged, they receive a message, often over a speaker, telling them that someone is trying to contact them. He was paged repeatedly as the flight was boarding... I'll have them paged and tell them you're here. VERB: be V-ed, have n V-ed 5. A page is a young person who takes messages or does small jobs for members of the United States Congress or state legislatures. (AM) N-COUNT

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Boy-servant (attending a royal or noble personage or a legislature), serving-boy.

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