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Pronunciation: /peɪdʒ/

noun

  • a boy or young man, usually in uniform, employed in a hotel or club to run errands, open doors, etc..
  • a young boy attending a bride at a wedding.
  • historical a boy in training for knighthood, ranking next below a squire in the personal service of a knight.
  • historical a man or boy employed as the personal attendant of a person of rank.

verb

[with object]
  • summon (someone) over a public address system, so as to pass on a message: no need to interrupt the background music just to page the concierge
  • (often as noun paging) contact by means of a pager: many systems have paging as a standard feature

Origin:

Middle English (in the sense 'youth, uncouth male'): from Old French, perhaps from Italian paggio, from Greek paidion, diminutive of pais, paid- 'boy'. Early use of the verb (mid 16th century) was in the sense 'follow as or like a page'; its current sense dates from the early 20th century