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exemplar

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ex⋅em⋅plar

  [ig-zem-pler, -plahr]
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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   (ĭg-zěm'plär', -plər)   
n.  

  1. One that is worthy of imitation; a model. See Synonyms at ideal.

  2. One that is typical or representative; an example.

  3. An ideal that serves as a pattern; an archetype.

  4. A copy, as of a book.


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