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Page (pāj), n. [F., fr. It. paggio, LL. pagius, fr. Gr. paidion, dim. of pai^s, paidos, a boy, servant; perh. akin to L. 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 doing errands, waiting on the door, and similar service in households; in the United States, a boy or girl employed to wait upon the members of a legislative body. Prior to 1960 only boys served as pages in the United States Congress
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He had two pages of honor -- on either hand one. Bacon.
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2. A boy child. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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3. A contrivance, as a band, pin, snap, or the like, to hold the skirt of a woman's dress from the ground.
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4. (Brickmaking) A track along which pallets carrying newly molded bricks are conveyed to the hack.
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5. (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of beautiful South American moths of the genus Urania.
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Page, n. [F., fr. L. pagina; prob. akin to pagere, pangere, to fasten, fix, make, the pages or leaves being fastened together. Cf. Pact, Pageant, Pagination.]
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1. One side of a leaf of a book or manuscript.
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Such was the book from whose pages she sang. Longfellow.
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2. Fig.: A record; a writing; as, the page of history.
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3. (Print.) The type set up for printing a page.
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