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Exemplar

//ɛɡˈzɛm.plə// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Exemplary. obsolete

    "In our age we have no patterne of motherly affection more exemplare, than yours."

Noun
  1. 1
    Something fit to be imitated; an ideal, a worthy model or role model: a desirable example.

    "A ray of light amid all this nonsense was Gwyn Topham's piece in the Guardian, which was timely, measured, accurate and of appropriate tone. That this single report stood out so clearly as an exemplar is a scathing comment in itself on the volumes of drivel surrounding it."

  2. 2
    something to be imitated wordnet
  3. 3
    Something typical or representative; an example that typifies its class.
  4. 4
    A pattern after which others should be made; an archetype.
  5. 5
    A well-known use of a scientific theory.
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  1. 6
    A manuscript used by a scribe to make a handwritten copy; the original document to be reproduced in a copy machine.
  2. 7
    A copy of a book or piece of writing.

    "To amend the same [default] according to the true exemplars."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Latin exemplar, from Latin exemplum (“example”). Doublet of exemplary.

Etymology 2

From French exemplaire, and its source, Latin exemplāris. By surface analysis, example + -ar.

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