page

¹page

noun \ˈpāj\

Definition of PAGE

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>

Origin of PAGE

Middle English, from Anglo-French

First Known Use: 14th century

Rhymes with PAGE

age, cage, gage, Gage, gauge, mage, rage, sage, stage, swage, wage

²page

transitive verb

pagedpag·ing

Definition of PAGE

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

First Known Use of PAGE

15th century

³page

noun

Definition of PAGE

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

Origin of PAGE

Middle French, from Latin pagina; akin to Latin pangere to fix, fasten — more at pact

First Known Use: 1589

Other Printing Terms

epigraph, errata, leader, mechanical, notch, tittle, underscore, widow

⁴page

verb

pagedpag·ing

Definition of PAGE

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

First Known Use of PAGE

1628

Page

biographical name \ˈpāj\

Definition of PAGE

Walter Hines 1855–1918 Am. journalist & diplomat