What does "pilcrow" mean?

The symbol ¶.; A symbol designating the beginning of a new paragraph.

Pilcrow

Common synonyms include: para, paragraph character, paragraph mark, paragraph marker, paragraph sign, paragraph symbol.

/ˈpɪl.kɹəʊ/ noun

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Noun

1
The symbol ¶.; A symbol designating the beginning of a new paragraph.
"The pilcrow was a simple punctuation symbol used by medieval scribes to indicate the start and end of a paragraph."
2
The symbol ¶.; A symbol designating a paragraph break.

"The pilcrow was a simple punctuation symbol used by medieval scribes to indicate the start and end of a paragraph."

Probably an alteration of Middle English pylcrafte, modification of Late Latin paragraphus.