Definition of page
1a (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 periodb : a boy serving as an honorary attendant at a formal function (such 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
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Origin and Etymology of page
Middle English, from Anglo-French
First Known Use: 14th century
page
Definition of page
paged
;paging
transitive verb
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
15th Century
First Known Use of page
15th century
page
Definition of page
1a : one of the leaves of a publication or manuscript; also : a single side of one of these leavesb : the material printed or written on a page
2a : a written recordb : a noteworthy event or period
3a : 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 computerb : the block of information found at a single World Wide Web address
Origin and Etymology of page
Middle French, from Latin pagina; akin to Latin pangere to fix, fasten — more at pact
First Known Use: 15th century
Other Printing Terms
epigraph, errata, leader, mechanical, notch, tittle, underscore, widow
page
Definition of page
paged
;paging
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
1628
First Known Use of page
1628
Page
playDefinition of Page
Walter Hines 1855–1918 American journalist and diplomat
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Definition of page for Students
1 : one side of a printed or written sheet of paper
2 : a large section of computer memory
3 : the information found at a single World Wide Web address
Definition of page for Students
1 : a person employed (as by a hotel or the United States Congress) to carry messages or run errands
2 : a boy being trained to be a knight in the Middle Ages
Definition of page for Students
paged
;paging
: to send for or contact someone by a public announcement or by using a pager
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