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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 (gcide)

icon \i"con\ ([imac]"k[o^]n), n. [Also spelled {ikon}.] [L., fr.
Gr. e'ikw`n.]
1. An image or representation; a portrait or pretended
portrait.
[1913 Webster]

Netherlands whose names and icons are published.
--Hakewill.
[1913 Webster]

2. (Gr. Ch.) A sacred picture representing the Virgin Mary,
Christ, a saint, or a martyr, and having the same function
as an image of such a person in the Latin Church. The term
is used especially for a highly stylized and
conventionalized representation of a holy person, rich in
symbolism and used in devotional services in many of the
eastern Orthodox churches, especially the Greek and
Russian Orthodox Churches.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. PJC]

3. a symbol, especially a symbol whose form suggests its
meaning or the object it represents.
[PJC]

4. (Computers) a graphical symbol for a data object whose
form suggests the nature or function of the object;
especially, such a symbol as viewed on the computer
screen.

Note: In a graphical user interface, pointing to and clicking
on an icon may cause any of several types of actions,
such as opening a file or executing a program,
depending on how the icon properties are defined.
[PJC]

5. any object of uncritical devotion.
[PJC]

The former congresswoman and Vice-Presidential
candidate Geraldine Ferraro is still an icon to many
party members. --The New York
Times, April
16, 1998
[PJC]

6. an outstanding example of something which has come to
represent the class of things to which it belongs; a
paragon; used of persons as well as objects.
[PJC]