page boy
noun
plural page boys
1
: a boy serving as a page
2
usually pageboy
plural pageboys
: an often shoulder-length hairstyle with the ends of the hair rolled under
Their hair was sleek, of a slightly other period, immaculate pageboys and French twists.—
Joan Didion
Joan Didiona pageboy haircut
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Beatrice and Edo wed in July 2020, and his son Christopher Woolf (from a previous relationship) adorably served as a page boy at their wedding.
—Meredith Kile, People.com, 7 Mar. 2025
Princess Charlotte watching Prince George be a page boy during King Charles III's Coronation has gone viral on TikTok.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
Others envisioned them as flower girls (17 percent) or page boys (13 percent), while a few liked the idea of a canine best man (9 percent).
—Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
In October of 1968, WWD reported that Kennedy Onassis had worn the beige chiffon and lace dress to the wedding of Bunny Mellon’s daughter Eliza Lloyd and Viscount Moore, where Caroline Kennedy was a flower girl and John F. Kennedy, Jr. was a page boy.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 26 Sep. 2024
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Meredith Kile, People.com, 7 Mar. 2025
Princess Charlotte watching Prince George be a page boy during King Charles III's Coronation has gone viral on TikTok.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
Others envisioned them as flower girls (17 percent) or page boys (13 percent), while a few liked the idea of a canine best man (9 percent).
—Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
In October of 1968, WWD reported that Kennedy Onassis had worn the beige chiffon and lace dress to the wedding of Bunny Mellon’s daughter Eliza Lloyd and Viscount Moore, where Caroline Kennedy was a flower girl and John F. Kennedy, Jr. was a page boy.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 26 Sep. 2024
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“Page boy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/page%20boy. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.
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