pagehoodn.
/ˈpeɪdʒhʊd/, U.S. /ˈpeɪdʒˌ(h)ʊd/ Now rare.
The state or condition of being a page; the character or office of page (in various senses). Cf. page n.1 6b, 6c.
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society > authority > subjection > service > servant > types of servant > [noun] > who runs errands > boy > position or personality of
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society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > attendant or personal servant > [noun] > boy or man attending on person of high rank > position of
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1820 W. Scott Abbot II. iv. 119 She bears herself like the very model of pagehood.
1854 R. S. Surtees Handley Cross lxxii. 520 Mr. Bowker, opening the door of old Twister's chambers to a long and loud rat-tat-tat-tat-tan from our friend, Mr. Benjamin Brady, whom Mrs. Jorrocks had reinstated in his pagehood.
1890 E. J. Lysaght Gold of Ophir III. x. 172 He wore the buttons of pagehood.
1929 PMLA 44 383 Even when the pupil is considered as having emerged from pagehood and attained to the dignity of a lover, we never exchange an atmosphere of reality and common-sense for the complex artificiality of the first part of the Roman de la Rose.
2000 Chattanooga (Tennessee) Times (Nexis) 23 June e1 The pagehood experience [in the U.S. Congress] was eye-opening in other ways, as well.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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