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pilcrow

[ pil-kroh ]

/ ˈpɪl kroʊ /

noun

a paragraph mark.

Origin of pilcrow

1400–50; apparently alteration (perhaps conformed to crow¹) of late Middle English pylcraft(e), perhaps < Old French paragrafe, pelagraphe paragraph

Words nearby pilcrow

pilatus, pilau, pilch, pilchard, pilcomayo, pilcrow, pile, pile cap, pile driver, pile into, pile shoe

Example sentences from the Web for pilcrow

Where (pilcrow,) or paragraph, is placed at the side of the verse.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 401, March 1849 |Various