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pageboy

noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A boy who serves as a page.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: now frequently historical

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A young male attendant at a wedding, generally between five and ten years of age.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A shoulder-length hairstyle with the ends of the hair curled under.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

a smooth hair style with the ends of the hair curled inward

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: hairdo, hairstyle, hair style, coiffure, coif

5

noun

Meaning 5

a boy who is employed to run errands

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: page

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: messenger boy, errand boy

History

Etymology

From page + boy.

Across languages

Translations

57 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: մանկլավիկ (manklavik) — boy that is a page
  • Armenian: պաժ (paž) — boy that is a page
  • Azerbaijani: paj — boy that is a page
  • Bulgarian: паж (paž) — boy that is a page
  • Catalan: patge — boy that is a page
  • Chinese Mandarin: 男仔侍從 /男仔侍从 — boy that is a page
  • Czech: páže — boy that is a page
  • Danish: page — boy that is a page
  • Dutch: page — boy that is a page
  • Esperanto: paĝio — boy that is a page
  • Estonian: paaž — boy that is a page
  • Finnish: paaši — boy that is a page
  • Finnish: paašipoika — boy that is a page
  • French: page — boy that is a page
  • Galician: paxe — boy that is a page
  • Galician: armíxero — boy that is a page
  • German: Page — boy that is a page
  • Hebrew: נער — boy that is a page
  • Hungarian: apród — boy that is a page
  • Irish: giolla — boy that is a page
  • Italian: paggetto — boy that is a page
  • Italian: paggio — boy that is a page
  • Japanese: ペイジ — boy that is a page
  • Korean: 페이지 (peiji) — boy that is a page
  • Latin: pedisequus — boy that is a page
  • Lithuanian: pažas — boy that is a page
  • Macedonian: паж (paž) — boy that is a page
  • Middle English: henxman — boy that is a page
  • Norwegian: pasje — boy that is a page
  • Polish: paź — boy that is a page
  • Portuguese: pajem — boy that is a page
  • Romanian: paj — boy that is a page
  • Russian: паж (paž) — boy that is a page
  • Serbo-Croatian: paž — boy that is a page
  • Serbo-Croatian: паж — boy that is a page
  • Slovak: páža — boy that is a page
  • Slovak: pážatko — boy that is a page
  • Spanish: page — boy that is a page
  • Spanish: pagecito — boy that is a page
  • Spanish: paje — boy that is a page
  • Swedish: page — boy that is a page
  • Ukrainian: паж (paž) — boy that is a page
  • Zazaki: per (diq) — boy that is a page
  • Finnish: paašikampaus — shoulderlength hair
  • German: Pagenschnitt — shoulderlength hair
  • Italian: taglio alla paggetto — shoulderlength hair
  • Italian: maschietta — shoulderlength hair
  • Italian: taglio alla maschietta — shoulderlength hair
  • Polish: paź — shoulderlength hair
  • Romanian: paj — shoulderlength hair
  • Swedish: pagefrisyr — shoulderlength hair
  • Swedish: page — shoulderlength hair
  • Danish: brudedreng — young male attendant at a wedding ceremony
  • Danish: brudesvend — young male attendant at a wedding ceremony
  • Finnish: sulhaspoika — young male attendant at a wedding ceremony
  • Irish: giollán — young male attendant at a wedding ceremony
  • Polish: chłopiec towarzyszący młodej parze — young male attendant at a wedding ceremony