errand boy | | |
n. (person) | 1. errand boy, messenger boy | a boy who earns money by running errands. |
| ~ courier, messenger | a person who carries a message. |
| ~ pageboy, page | a boy who is employed to run errands. |
page | | |
n. (communication) | 1. page | one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains. |
| ~ paper | a medium for written communication.; "the notion of an office running without paper is absurd" |
| ~ folio, leaf | a sheet of any written or printed material (especially in a manuscript or book). |
| ~ full page | something that covers an entire page.; "the ad took up a full page" |
| ~ half page | something that covers (the top or bottom) half of a page. |
| ~ recto | right-hand page. |
| ~ verso | left-hand page. |
| ~ title page | a page of a book displaying the title and author and publisher. |
| ~ bastard title, half title | a first page of some books displaying only the title of the book. |
| ~ sports page | any page in the sports section of a newspaper. |
| ~ facing pages, spread head, spreadhead, spread | two facing pages of a book or other publication. |
| ~ foldout, gatefold | an oversize page that is folded in to a book or magazine. |
| ~ folio, page number, pagination, paging | the system of numbering pages. |
| ~ margin | the blank space that surrounds the text on a page.; "he jotted a note in the margin" |
| ~ dog-ear | a corner of a page turned down to mark your place. |
n. (person) | 2. page, sir frederick handley page | English industrialist who pioneered in the design and manufacture of aircraft (1885-1962). |
| ~ industrialist | someone who manages or has significant financial interest in an industrial enterprise. |
n. (person) | 3. page, thomas nelson page | United States diplomat and writer about the Old South (1853-1922). |
| ~ diplomat, diplomatist | an official engaged in international negotiations. |
| ~ author, writer | writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay). |
n. (person) | 4. page, pageboy | a boy who is employed to run errands. |
| ~ errand boy, messenger boy | a boy who earns money by running errands. |
n. (person) | 5. page | a youthful attendant at official functions or ceremonies such as legislative functions and weddings. |
| ~ attendant, attender, tender | someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another. |
n. (person) | 6. page, varlet | in medieval times a youth acting as a knight's attendant as the first stage in training for knighthood. |
| ~ attendant, attender, tender | someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another. |
v. (communication) | 7. page | contact, as with a pager or by calling somebody's name over a P.A. system. |
| ~ summon | ask to come.; "summon a lawyer" |
v. (social) | 8. page | work as a page.; "He is paging in Congress this summer" |
| ~ work | exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity.; "I will work hard to improve my grades"; "she worked hard for better living conditions for the poor" |
v. (communication) | 9. foliate, page, paginate | number the pages of a book or manuscript. |
| ~ number | give numbers to.; "You should number the pages of the thesis" |
pageboy | | |
n. (body) | 1. pageboy | a smooth hair style with the ends of the hair curled inward. |
| ~ coif, coiffure, hair style, hairdo, hairstyle | the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair). |
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