Dictionary

pageboy en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From page + boy.

Meanings

1. (qualifier:now frequently historical) A boy who serves as a page.
2. A young male attendant at a wedding, generally between five and ten years of age.
3. A shoulder-length hairstyle with the ends of the hair curled under.
   • She had a white-flecked black pageboy and rosy cheeks and big blue eyes with which she was staring at Enid unabashedly, in the way of someone very smart or very stupid. 2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections:
   • Their hair was sleek, of a slightly other period, immaculate page boys and French twists. 1987, Joan Didion, Miami, Granta, published 2005, page 53:

Forms

Hypernyms

bob

Relateds

flower girl · ringbearer

Translations (57)

da brudedreng (young male attendant at a wedding ceremony) · pl chłopiec towarzyszący młodej parze (young male attendant at a wedding ceremony) · de Pagenschnitt (shoulderlength hair) · it paggetto (boy that is a page) · lt pažas (boy that is a page) · uk паж (boy that is a page) · fr page (boy that is a page) · fi paašipoika (boy that is a page) · gl armíxero (boy that is a page) · hu apród (boy that is a page) · ro paj (shoulderlength hair) · pl paź (boy that is a page) · ru паж (boy that is a page) · it taglio alla paggetto (shoulderlength hair) · cs páže (boy that is a page) · sv pagefrisyr (shoulderlength hair) · ko 페이지 (boy that is a page) · pl paź (shoulderlength hair) · cmn 男仔侍從 /男仔侍从 (boy that is a page) · sk páža (boy that is a page) · ja ペイジ (boy that is a page) · la pedisequus (boy that is a page) · it maschietta (shoulderlength hair) · da page (boy that is a page) · nl page (boy that is a page) · ga giollán (young male attendant at a wedding ceremony) · fi paaši (boy that is a page) · es pagecito (boy that is a page) · sv page (boy that is a page) · sv page (shoulderlength hair) · es paje (boy that is a page) · no pasje (boy that is a page) · fi sulhaspoika (young male attendant at a wedding ceremony) · it paggio (boy that is a page) · zza per (diq) (boy that is a page) · ca patge (boy that is a page) · sk pážatko (boy that is a page) · hy մանկլավիկ (boy that is a page) · es page (boy that is a page) · de Page (boy that is a page) · eo paĝio (boy that is a page) · sh паж (boy that is a page) · az paj (boy that is a page) · mk паж (boy that is a page) · it taglio alla maschietta (shoulderlength hair) · pt pajem (boy that is a page) · enm henxman (boy that is a page) · fi paašikampaus (shoulderlength hair) · ro paj (boy that is a page) · bg паж (boy that is a page) · da brudesvend (young male attendant at a wedding ceremony) · gl paxe (boy that is a page) · sh paž (boy that is a page) · hy պաժ (boy that is a page) · he נער (boy that is a page) · et paaž (boy that is a page) · ga giolla (boy that is a page)