pageboy

pageboy

See also: page boy

English

Alternative forms

• page boy, page-boy

Etymology

From page +‎ boy.

Noun

pageboy (plural pageboys)

1. (now frequently historical) A boy who serves as a page. [from 19th c.]
2. A young male attendant at a wedding, generally between five and ten years of age. [from 20th c.]
3. A shoulder-length hairstyle with the ends of the hair curled under. [from 20th c.]
   • 1987, Joan Didion, Miami, Granta 2005, p. 53:

     Their hair was sleek, of a slightly other period, immaculate page boys and French twists.

   • 2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections

     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.

Translations

boy that is a page

Italian: paggetto m, paggio (it) m Romanian: paj (ro) m Spanish: page (es) m, pagecito m Swedish: page (sv) c

shoulderlength hair

Finnish: paašikampaus German: Pagenschnitt m Italian: taglio alla paggetto m, maschietta (it) f, taglio alla maschietta m Romanian: paj (ro) m Swedish: pagefrisyr c, page (sv) c

young male attendant at a wedding ceremony

Danish: brudedreng c (in the service of the bride), brudesvend c (in the service of the bride) Finnish: sulhaspoika (in the service of the bridegroom)