pageboy
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• noun
A hairstyle, typically for women or girls, in which the hair hangs smoothly to the shoulders or chin with the ends rolled under and often accompanied by straight bangs.
"She had her hair trimmed into a sleek, classic pageboy for the school play."
A young boy employed to run errands, carry messages, or attend to guests in a hotel, club, legislative chamber, or formal household.
"The hotel pageboy carried the telegram swiftly across the crowded lobby."
British A young boy who acts as an attendant to the bride at a formal wedding, traditionally walking down the aisle to carry the train of her dress or hold the wedding rings.
"Her five-year-old nephew served as a pageboy at the wedding, wearing a miniature navy suit."
Word Origin & Etymology
Formed in the 19th century as a compound of 'page' (from Old French 'page', denoting a young male servant or nobleman's attendant) and 'boy'. The hairstyle sense arose in the 1930s by resemblance to the traditional shoulder-length haircut worn by medieval English pages.