pager

[ pey-jer ]

/ ˈpeɪ dʒər /

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noun

something, as a book or brochure, having a specified number of pages (usually used in combination): Her latest report was a 12-pager.

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Origin of pager

First recorded in 1965–70; page¹ + -er¹

Words nearby pager

pageboy, page description language, page-jack, page printer, page proof, pager, Paget, page-three, Paget's disease, page-turner, pageview

Other definitions for pager (2 of 2)

pager²

[ pey-jer ]

/ ˈpeɪ dʒər /

noun

beeper (def. 3).

Origin of pager

1965–70; page² + -er¹

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How to use pager in a sentence

He told her that the deliveries were for a cell phone and pager business.
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I’m thinking of leaving the cash in a little envelope outside my local theater, the one whose welcome song and dance still includes the warning to “turn off all pagers and cellphones.”
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When Gross brought his newly invented pager to a Philadelphia medical convention in 1949, doctors responded in horror that it would interrupt Sunday golf games.
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He installed two-way car radios and worked on an early pager system for doctors, which required the whole building to be wired.
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As part of his job move, Zanzi says, he was given a pager so he would be accessible to Travolta around the clock.
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Back then, the BlackBerry was little more than a two-way pager with a keyboard.
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Blinker got a pager and looked up the movements of Sunday steamboats.
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British Dictionary definitions for pager

pager

/ (ˈpeɪdʒə) /

noun

a small electronic device, capable of receiving short messages; usually carried by people who need to be contacted urgently (e.g. doctors)

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Cultural definitions for pager

pager

A wireless device that, when activated, signals the bearer to contact either a predetermined party or the party indicated on the device itself. Often called a beeper for the annoying beeps some pagers use to alert their owner.

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