PAGE
page
(noun) one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains
page, varlet
(noun) in medieval times a youth acting as a knight’s attendant as the first stage in training for knighthood
page
(noun) a youthful attendant at official functions or ceremonies such as legislative functions and weddings
page, pageboy
(noun) a boy who is employed to run errands
Page, Thomas Nelson Page
(noun) United States diplomat and writer about the Old South (1853-1922)
Page, Sir Frederick Handley Page
(noun) English industrialist who pioneered in the design and manufacture of aircraft (1885-1962)
page
(verb) contact, as with a pager or by calling somebody’s name over a P.A. system
foliate, paginate, page
(verb) number the pages of a book or manuscript
page
(verb) work as a page; “He is paging in Congress this summer”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
page (plural pages)
One of the many pieces of paper bound together within a book or similar document.
One side of a paper leaf on which one has written or printed.
(figurative) Any record or writing; a collective memory.
(typesetting) The type set up for printing a page.
(computing) A screenful of text and possibly other content.
(Internet) A web page.
(computing) A block of contiguous memory of a fixed length.
Synonyms
• (side of a leaf): side
• (record, writing): account, record
Hyponyms
• (Internet): homepage, Web page, webpage
• (computing, Internet): help page, man page, manpage
Verb
page (third-person singular simple present pages, present participle paging, simple past and past participle paged)
(transitive) To mark or number the pages of, as a book or manuscript.
(intransitive, often with “through”) To turn several pages of a publication.
(transitive) To furnish with folios.
Etymology 2
Noun
page (plural pages)
(obsolete) A serving boy – a youth attending a person of high degree, especially at courts, as a position of honor and education.
(British) A youth employed for doing errands, waiting on the door, and similar service in households.
(US, Canada) A boy or girl employed to wait upon the members of a legislative body.
(in libraries) The common name given to an employee whose main purpose is to replace materials that have either been checked out or otherwise moved, back to their shelves.
A boy child.
A contrivance, as a band, pin, snap, or the like, to hold the skirt of a woman’s dress from the ground.
A track along which pallets carrying newly molded bricks are conveyed to the hack.
A message sent to someone's pager.
Any one of several species of colorful South American moths of the genus Urania.
Synonyms
• (serving boy): page boy
• (boy child): boy
Verb
page (third-person singular simple present pages, present participle paging, simple past and past participle paged)
(transitive) To attend (someone) as a page.
(transitive, US, obsolete in UK) To call or summon (someone).
(transitive) To contact (someone) by means of a pager or other mobile device.
(transitive) To call (somebody) using a public address system so as to find them.
Anagrams
• gape, peag
Noun
PAGE (uncountable)
(biochemistry, molecular biology) Acronym of polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis.
Anagrams
• gape, peag
Proper noun
Page
An English and Scottish occupational surname for someone who was a servant.
(rare) A male given name from surnames.
A female given name.
A city in Arizona
A village in Nebraska
A city in North Dakota
An unincorporated community in Oklahoma
Usage notes
• As a female given name this is usually spelled Paige.
Anagrams
• gape, peag
Source: Wiktionary
Page, n. Etym: [F., fr. It. paggio, LL. pagius, fr. Gr. 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 doin errands, waiting on the door, and similar service in households; in the United States, a boy emploed to wait upon the members of a legislative body. He had two pages of honor -- on either hand one. Bacon.
2. A boy child. [Obs.] Chaucer.
3. A contrivance, as a band, pin, snap, or the like, to hold the skirt of a woman's dress from the ground.
4. (Brickmaking.)
Definition: A track along which pallets carrying newly molded bricks are conveyed to the hack.
5. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Any one of several species of beautiful South American moths of the genus Urania.
Page, v. t.
Definition: To attend (one) as a page. [Obs.] Shak.
Page, n. Etym: [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.)
Definition: The type set up for printing a page.
Page, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Paged; p. pr. & vb. n. Paging.]
Definition: To mark or number the pages of, as a book or manuskript; to furnish with folios.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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