Noun

(en noun)

An image, symbol, picture, or other representation usually as an object of religious devotion.

A religious painting, often done on wooden panels.

A person or thing that is the best example of a certain profession or some doing.

That man is an icon in the business; he personifies loyalty and good business sense.

A small picture which represents something (such as an icon on a computer screen which when clicked performs some function.)

(linguistics) A type of noun whereby the form reflects and is determined by the referent; onomatopoeic words are necessarily all icons. See also (symbol) and (index).

Pictual representations of files, programs and folders on a computer.

Noun

(en noun)

A graven image or representation of anything that is revered, or believed to convey spiritual power.

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* 1911 (The Green Eye of the Little Yellow God) , :

There's a one-eyed yellow idol to the north of Kathmandu, There's a little marble cross below the town; There's a broken-hearted woman tends the grave of Mad Carew, And the Yellow God forever gazes down.

A cultural icon, or especially popular person.