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noun

Paragon n.

1.

A companion; a match; an equal. (Obs.) "Philoclea, who indeed had no paragon but her sister."

2.

Emulation; rivalry; competition. (Obs.) "Full many feats adventurous Performed, in paragon of proudest men."

3.

A model or pattern; especially A pattern of excellence or perfection; as, a paragon of beauty or eloquence. "Man,... the paragon of animals!" "The riches of sweet Mary's son, Boy-rabbi, Israel's paragon."

4.

(Print.) A size of type between great primer and double pica. See the Note under Type.

verb

Paragon v. t.

1.

To compare; to parallel; to put in rivalry or emulation with. (Obs.)

2.

To compare with; to equal; to rival. (R.) "In arms anon to paragon the morn, The morn new rising."

3.

To serve as a model for; to surpass. (Obs.) "He hath achieved a maid That paragons description and wild fame."

Paragon v. i. To be equal; to hold comparison. (R.) "Few or none could... paragon with her."

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"Paragon" Quotes from Famous Books

... still greater strictness on the subject of Sabbath desecration, I have received from a relative of the family in which it occurred. About fifty years ago the Hon. Mrs. Stewart lived in Heriot Row, who had a cook, Jeannie by name, a paragon of excellence. One Sunday morning when her daughter (afterwards Lady Elton) went into the kitchen, she was surprised to find a new jack (recently ordered, and which was constructed on the principle of going constantly without winding up) wholly paralysed and useless. ...

— Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character • Edward Bannerman Ramsay

... find his wife awaiting him; and without delay they sought the Sea-Foam's pier. As the young colonel walked beside his wife, so modestly yet becomingly attired in simple white muslin, with a blue scarf round her faultless figure, he thought her a paragon of beauty, and passed on in silent admiration, till the pier ...

— Leah Mordecai • Mrs. Belle Kendrick Abbott

... to thee debtor, Nor for their gold to us Are they the better: Henceforth of all the rest Be thou the River Which, as the daintiest, Puts them down ever. For as my precious one O'er thee doth travel, She to pearl paragon Turneth thy gravel. ...

— Book of English Verse • Bulchevy

... passes across the stage of Quebec history just at this time. In 1782 the frigate Albemarle, twenty-eight guns, lay in the harbour, and her brilliant, handsome commander was Horatio Nelson. This paragon of fortune had entered His Majesty's Navy as a child of twelve; at fourteen he was captain's coxswain on the expedition of the Carcass to the North Pole; and now, with an astonishing experience crowded into a life of ...

— Old Quebec - The Fortress of New France • Sir Gilbert Parker and Claude Glennon Bryan

... bouquets, funeral wreaths. I was told the discoverer or creator of a blue carnation would make his fortune. I confess this commercial aspect of flowers takes something from their poetry. Give me a cottager's plot of sweet-williams and columbine instead of the floral paragon evolved for the gratification of the curious! As we strolled about we came upon groups of students at work. All politely raised their hats when we passed, and by their look and manner might have been ...

— In the Heart of the Vosges - And Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller" • Matilda Betham-Edwards

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