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n. [ F., fr. It. paggio, LL. pagius, fr. Gr. paidi`on, dim. of pai^s, paido`s, 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 [ 1913 Webster ]

He had two pages of honor -- on either hand one. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A boy child. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A contrivance, as a band, pin, snap, or the like, to hold the skirt of a woman's dress from the ground. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Brickmaking) A track along which pallets carrying newly molded bricks are conveyed to the hack. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Zool.) Any one of several species of beautiful South American moths of the genus Urania. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Paged p. pr. & vb. n. Paging ] To mark or number the pages of, as a book or manuscript; to furnish with folios. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. One side of a leaf of a book or manuscript. [ 1913 Webster ]

Such was the book from whose pages she sang. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fig.: A record; a writing; as, the page of history. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Print.) The type set up for printing a page. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To attend (one) as a page. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To call out a person's name in a public place, so as to deliver a message, as in a hospital, restaurant, etc. [ PJC ]

3. To call a person on a pager. [ PJC ]

v. t. To exhibit in show; to represent; to mimic. [ R. ] “He pageants us.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of the nature of a pageant; spectacular. “Pageant pomp.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. pagent, pagen, originally, a movable scaffold or stage, hence, what was exhibited on it, fr. LL. pagina, akin to pangere to fasten; cf. L. pagina page, leaf, slab, compaginare to join together, compages a joining together, structure. See Pact, Page of a book. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A theatrical exhibition; a spectacle. “A pageant truly played.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

To see sad pageants of men's miseries. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An elaborate exhibition devised for the entertainmeut of a distinguished personage, or of the public; a show, spectacle, or display. [ 1913 Webster ]

The gaze of fools, and pageant of a day! Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

We love the man, the paltry pageant you. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Scenic shows or spectacles, taken collectively; spectacular quality; splendor. [ 1913 Webster ]

Such pageantry be to the people shown. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

The pageantry of festival. J. A. Symonds. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Pomp; parade; show; display; spectacle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A type of hairdo. [ PJC ]