| 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. |

ex·em·plar (ĭg-zěm'plär', -plər) n.
[Middle English exemplere, from Late Latin exemplārium, from Latin exemplum, example; see example.] |