Pā'ge1, n.
n. [Fr. & Sp. page, It. paggio, L. Lat. pagius, Lombard pahis, pais, a servant, from Gr. παιδίον, diminutive of παῖς, παιδός, a boy, servant.]
Sense 1. A boy. [Obs.]
A child that was of half-year age In cradle it lay, and was a proper page. Chaucer.
Sense 2. Especially, a serving-boy; a youth or attendant on a nobleman or wealthy person, either male or female.
He had two pages of honor—on either hand one. Bacon.
Sense 3. Hence, a boy that waits on the members of a legislative body; as, the pages of Congress.
Sense 4. A shepherd's servant. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Sense 5. A contrivance, as a band, pin, snap, or the like, to hold up the skirt of a lady's dress, so that it need not drag upon the ground.