page
NOUN:
a servant, attendant, etc:
1. a boy servant or attendant.
3. an attendant or employee, usually in uniform, who carries messages, ushers guests, runs errands, etc.
5. a boy employed to run errands, carry messages, etc, for the guests in a hotel, club, etc.
6. a youth in attendance at official functions or ceremonies, esp weddings.
11. a boy serving as an honorary attendant at a formal function (such as a wedding).
12. one employed to deliver messages, assist patrons, serve as a guide, or attend to similar duties.
13. an act or instance of paging:
a page came over the loudspeaker; got a page from the client.
of a legislature:
1. a person employed by a legislature to carry messages and run errands for the members, as in the U.S. Congress.
2. (in the US) an attendant at Congress or other legislative body.
of medieval times or history:
1. a youth in attendance on a person of rank or, in medieval times, a youth being trained for knighthood.
2. a boy in training for knighthood in personal attendance on a knight.
3. a youth in the personal service of a person of rank, esp in a royal household:
page of the chamber.
4. a youth being trained for the medieval rank of knight and in the personal service of a knight.
5. a youth attendant on a person of rank especially in the medieval period.
of an event, period, etc:
1. a noteworthy or distinctive event or period:
a reign that formed a gloomy page in English history.
2. an episode, phase, or period:
a glorious page in the revolution.
Origin:
1580–90; <Middle French <Latin pāgina column of writing, akin to pangere to fix, make fast. Of summoning, attending, a device: 1250–1300; Middle English (noun) <Old French < ?. British dictionary: C15: via Old French from Latin pāgina. of summong, attending, a device: C13: via Old French from Italian paggio, probably from Greek paidion boy, from pais child. —Dictionary.com. //
First Known Use of page: Noun (1): 15th century. Verb (1): 1628. Verb (2): 15th century. Noun (2): 14th century. History and Etymology for page: Noun (1): Middle French, from Latin pagina; akin to Latin pangere to fix, fasten — more at pact. Noun (2): Middle English, from Anglo-French. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.
Added: 6 August 2020 {2:15 PM}
a servant, attendant, etc:
1. a boy servant or attendant.
3. an attendant or employee, usually in uniform, who carries messages, ushers guests, runs errands, etc.
5. a boy employed to run errands, carry messages, etc, for the guests in a hotel, club, etc.
6. a youth in attendance at official functions or ceremonies, esp weddings.
11. a boy serving as an honorary attendant at a formal function (such as a wedding).
12. one employed to deliver messages, assist patrons, serve as a guide, or attend to similar duties.
13. an act or instance of paging:
a page came over the loudspeaker; got a page from the client.
of a legislature:
1. a person employed by a legislature to carry messages and run errands for the members, as in the U.S. Congress.
2. (in the US) an attendant at Congress or other legislative body.
of medieval times or history:
1. a youth in attendance on a person of rank or, in medieval times, a youth being trained for knighthood.
2. a boy in training for knighthood in personal attendance on a knight.
3. a youth in the personal service of a person of rank, esp in a royal household:
page of the chamber.
4. a youth being trained for the medieval rank of knight and in the personal service of a knight.
5. a youth attendant on a person of rank especially in the medieval period.
of an event, period, etc:
1. a noteworthy or distinctive event or period:
a reign that formed a gloomy page in English history.
2. an episode, phase, or period:
a glorious page in the revolution.
Origin:
1580–90; <Middle French <Latin pāgina column of writing, akin to pangere to fix, make fast. Of summoning, attending, a device: 1250–1300; Middle English (noun) <Old French < ?. British dictionary: C15: via Old French from Latin pāgina. of summong, attending, a device: C13: via Old French from Italian paggio, probably from Greek paidion boy, from pais child. —Dictionary.com. //
First Known Use of page: Noun (1): 15th century. Verb (1): 1628. Verb (2): 15th century. Noun (2): 14th century. History and Etymology for page: Noun (1): Middle French, from Latin pagina; akin to Latin pangere to fix, fasten — more at pact. Noun (2): Middle English, from Anglo-French. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.
Added: 6 August 2020 {2:15 PM}