Pageboy
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Pageboy is a noun meaning (now frequently historical) A boy who serves as a page.
Meaning
(now frequently historical) A boy who serves as a page.
More Meanings
- A young male attendant at a wedding, generally between five and ten years of age.
- A shoulder-length hairstyle with the ends of the hair curled under.
Example Sentences
Their hair was sleek, of a slightly other period, immaculate page boys and French twists.
She had a white-flecked black pageboy and rosy cheeks and big blue eyes with which she was staring at Enid unabashedly, in the way of someone very smart or very stupid.
Word Forms
- pageboys
- page boy
- page-boy
Synonyms for pageboy
Depending on context, synonyms include page.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include page, knight, soldier, henchman, varlet, sideboy.
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