Page (pāj), n. [F., fr. It. paggio, LL. pagius, fr. Gr. παιδίον, dim. of παι̑σ, παιδόσ, 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 employed to wait upon the members of a legislative body.
He had two pages of honor — on either hand one. Bacon.
2. A boy child. Chaucer.
3. A contrivance, as a band, pin, snap, or the like, to hold the skirt of a woman's dress from the ground.
4. (Brickmaking) A track along which pallets carrying newly molded bricks are conveyed to the hack.
5. (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of beautiful South American moths of the genus Urania.