Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pageboy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.67 in modern English

Syllables: page-boy
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A boy who serves as a page.

noun

A young male attendant at a wedding, generally between five and ten years of age.

noun

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."

Etymology

From page + boy.

Inflected Forms

pageboys (plural) page boy (alternative) page-boy (alternative)

Phrases

flower girl

Frequently Paired Words

ringbearer flower girl

Synonyms

page

Questions

What does pageboy mean?: A boy who serves as a page.
Where does pageboy come from?: From page + boy.

How to pronounce pageboy

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