pilcrow

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(pilkrō)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
pil•crow  (pilkrō),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. a paragraph mark.
  • Old French paragrafe, pelagraphe paragraph
  • apparently alteration (perh. conformed to crow1) of late Middle English pylcraft(e), perh. 1400–50

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