Definition

1. Noun:
   • A smooth hairstyle with the ends of the hair curled inward: A classic haircut, typically of medium length, where the hair is cut straight around the head and the ends are turned under in a smooth, rounded curl.
   • A boy who is employed to run errands: A young male attendant, often in a uniform, employed to perform tasks such as delivering messages, carrying luggage, or assisting guests, especially in a hotel, club, or formal ceremony.

Usage Examples

• Noun (Hairstyle):
  • She looked elegant with her new pageboy haircut.
  • The vintage photograph showed women with the popular pageboy style of the 1950s.
• Noun (Attendant):
  • The hotel pageboy carried their bags to the room.
  • At the wedding, the young pageboy walked down the aisle before the bride.

Advanced Usage

• The term pageboy for an attendant is traditional and formal. In modern contexts, the gender-neutral term "page" or "attendant" is often preferred.
• As a hairstyle, pageboy is a specific, recognizable cut and is often used as an adjective (e.g., ).

Variants and Related Words

• Page (noun): A more common and gender-neutral term for a young attendant or messenger. Also, one side of a sheet of paper in a book.
• Pageboy cut (noun phrase): A fuller term for the hairstyle.

Synonyms

• For the hairstyle: Bob (though a bob is not always curled under).
• For the attendant: Messenger, errand boy, bellboy, attendant.

Related Idioms or Phrases

• To page someone (verb): To call for someone over a public address system or via a pager, a term derived from the practice of sending a pageboy to find someone.
  • The doctor was paged to the emergency room.

Noun

1. a smooth hair style with the ends of the hair curled inward
2. a boy who is employed to run errands