a typographical symbol (¶) used to mark the start of a paragraph
pilcrow in American English
(ˈpɪlkrou)
noun
a paragraph mark (¶)
Word origin
[1400–50; appar. alter. (perh. conformed to crow1) of late ME pylcraft(e), perh. ‹ OF paragrafe, pelagrapheparagraph]This word is first recorded in the period 1400–50. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: gallery, partition, peg, structure, union