pageboy
nounEtymology From page + boy.
1
A boy who serves as a page.
Now frequently historical
2
A young male attendant at a wedding, generally between five and ten years of age.
3
A shoulder-length hairstyle with the ends of the hair curled under.
- Their hair was sleek, of a slightly other period, immaculate page boys and French twists.1987, Joan Didion, Miami, Granta, published 2005, page 53:
- 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.2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections:
- Related terms
- ringbearer, flower girl