PAGE, n. [Gr. a boy.] 1. A boy attending on a great person, rather for formality or show, than for servitude. He had two pages of honor, on either hand one.2. A boy or man that attends on a legislative body. In Massachusetts,the page is a boy that conveys papers from the members of the house of representatives to the speaker, and from the speaker or clerk to the members.PAGE, n. [L. pagina.] One side of a leaf of a book. 1. A book or writing or writings; as the page of history.2. Pages, in the plural, signifies also books or writings; as the sacred pages.PAGE, v.t. To mark or number the pates of a book or manuscript. 1. To attend, as a page.
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