01 n. A serving boy; formerly, a youth attending a person of high degree, especially at courts, as a position of honor and education; now commonl…
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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 or girl employed to wait upon the members of a legislative body. Prior to 1960 only boys served as pages in the United States Congress“He had two pages of honor -- on either hand one.” — Bacon.
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2.
A boy child.[Obs.]
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3.
A contrivance, as a band, pin, snap, or the like, to hold the skirt of a woman's dress from the ground.
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A track along which pallets carrying newly molded bricks are conveyed to the hack.(Brickmaking)
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Any one of several species of beautiful South American moths of the genus Urania.(Zool.)