page boy

noun

plural page boys
1
: a boy serving as a page
2
usually pageboy plural pageboys : an often shoulder-length hairstyle with the ends of the hair rolled under
Their hair was sleek, of a slightly other period, immaculate pageboys and French twists.Joan Didion
a pageboy haircut

Examples of page boy in a Sentence

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Their kids played major roles in Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s wedding when Brian and John served as page boys and Isabel was a bridesmaid. Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 30 July 2025 The wedding was held under government safety guidelines at the time, and Edo's son from a previous relationship, Christopher Woolf, now 9, served as page boy and his father's best man. Janine Henni, People.com, 17 July 2025 Beatrice and Edo wed in July 2020, and his son Christopher Woolf (from a previous relationship) adorably served as a page boy at their wedding. Meredith Kile, People.com, 7 Mar. 2025 Princess Charlotte watching Prince George be a page boy during King Charles III's Coronation has gone viral on TikTok. Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for page boy

Word History

First Known Use

1859, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of page boy was in 1859

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“Page boy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/page%20boy. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.

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