Emily Dickinson Lexicon

PAGE, n.¹ [Fr. and Sp. page; It. paggio; Port. pagem; Arm. paich; Sw. poike; Dan. pog; Russ. paj, a boy, a page. The Gr. παις, a boy, is undoubtedly a contracted form of the same word; for παιζω, from παις, forms παιξω, παιχθεις; hence it may be inferred that παις was originally παιχις. The Eng. boy is a contraction of this word; W. baçgen, a boy, a child, from baç, small; Pers. فَيجْ faige, a footman or lackey.]

1. A boy attending on a great person, rather for formality or show, than for servitude. He had two pages of honor, on either hand one. – Bacon.
2. A boy or man that attends on a legislative body. In Massachusetts, the page is a boy that conveys papers from the members of the house of representatives to the speaker, and from the speaker or clerk to the members.