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pager.

A wireless telecommunications device that receives text or voice messages.

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/peɪd͡ʒə(ɹ)/
  1. A wireless telecommunications device that receives text or voice messages.

  2. A computer program running in a text terminal, used to view (but not modify) the contents of a text file moving down the file one line or one screen at a time.

  3. Something (a document, book etc.) that has a specified number of pages.

    in-compounds
  4. One who makes up type into pages of a book; one who binds or sorts pages into a book.

Where this word comes from

From page + -er (agent noun suffix) or + -er (measurement suffix) (sense 3).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.