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ex·em·plar

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–noun

1.	a model or pattern to be copied or imitated: Washington is the exemplar of patriotic virtue.

2.	a typical example or instance.

3.	an original or archetype: Plato thought nature but a copy of ideal exemplars.

4.	a copy of a book or text.

[Origin: 1350–1400; ME < L, var. of exemplāre, n. use of neut. of exemplāris exemplary; r. ME exaumplere < MF examplaire < L exemplāris

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ex·em·plar Audio Help (ĭg-zěm'plär', -plər) Pronunciation Key
n.

One that is worthy of imitation; a model. See Synonyms at ideal.
One that is typical or representative; an example.
An ideal that serves as a pattern; an archetype.
A copy, as of a book.

[Middle English exemplere, from Late Latin exemplārium, from Latin exemplum, example; see example.]

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exemplar
noun
something to be imitated; "an exemplar of success"; "a model of clarity"; "he is the very model of a modern major general"

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Exemplar

Ex*am"pler\, n. [See Exemplar, Example, and cf. Sampler.] A pattern; an exemplar. [Obs.]

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Exemplar

Ex*em"plar\, n. [L. exemplar, exemplum: cf. F. exemplaire. See Example, and cf. Examper, Sampler.]

1. A model, original, or pattern, to be copied or imitated; a specimen; sometimes; an ideal model or type, as that which an artist conceives.

Such grand exemplar as make their own abilities the sole measure of what is fit or unfit. --South.

2. A copy of a book or writing. [Obs.] --Udall.

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