pager /peɪd͡ʒə(ɹ)/ noun4 •A wireless telecommunications device that receives text or voice messages.Before he could bring it down, the pager clipped to his belt went off. Alan pushed the button that turned the hateful gadget off and stood indecisively in front of the shop door a moment longer […] — 1991 •[in compounds] Something (a document, book etc.) that has a specified number of pages. •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.more is a pager. The basic purpose of a pager is that it lets you view the contents of a file without actually having to open the file. — 2006 •One who makes up type into pages of a book; one who binds or sorts pages into a book. formspagers