PAGER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pager mean? 

• PAGER (noun)
  The noun PAGER has 1 sense:

1. an electronic device that generates a series of beeps when the person carrying it is being paged

  Familiarity information: PAGER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PAGER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An electronic device that generates a series of beeps when the person carrying it is being paged

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

beeper; pager

Hypernyms ("pager" is a kind of...):

electronic device (a device that accomplishes its purpose electronically)

Derivation:

page (contact, as with a pager or by calling somebody's name over a P.A. system)