Usually means: Exemplar of excellence and virtue.
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  1. paragon: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. paragon: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. paragon: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. paragon: Collins English Dictionary
  5. paragon: Vocabulary.com
  6. Paragon, paragon: Wordnik
  7. paragon: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. paragon: Wiktionary
  9. paragon: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. paragon: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. paragon: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Paragon, paragon: Dictionary.com
  13. paragon: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. paragon: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Paragon (DC Comics), Paragon (Exists album), Paragon (automobile), Paragon (band), Paragon (comics), Paragon (diamond), Paragon (disambiguation), Paragon (video game), Paragon: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Paragon: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. paragon: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. paragon: Rhymezone
  19. Paragon: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. paragon: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. paragon: Free Dictionary
  22. paragon: Mnemonic Dictionary
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  1. paragon: Legal dictionary

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  1. Paragon: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. paragon: Encyclopedia

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  2. PARAGON: Medical dictionary

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  1. PARAGON: Acronym Finder
  2. paragon: A Word A Day

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  1. Paragon: Urban Dictionary

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noun:  A person of preeminent qualities, who acts as a pattern or model for others.
noun:  (obsolete) A companion; a match; an equal.
noun:  (obsolete) Comparison; competition.
noun:  (typography, printing, dated) The size of type between great primer and double pica, standardized as 20-point.
noun:  A flawless diamond of at least 100 carats.
verb:  To compare; to parallel; to put in rivalry or emulation with.
verb:  To compare with; to equal; to rival.
verb:  To serve as a model for; to surpass.
verb:  To be equal; to hold comparison.

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