exemplar
Etymology 1

From Latin exemplar, from Latin exemplum.

Pronunciation
  • (RP) IPA: /ɛɡˈzɛm.plə/, /ɪkˈzɛm.plə/
  • (America) IPA: /ɛɡˈzɛm.plɑɹ/, /ɪɡˈzɛm.plɚ/
Noun

exemplar (plural exemplars)

  1. Something fit to be imitated; an ideal, a model.
    Synonyms: Thesaurus:model
  2. A role model.
  3. Something typical or representative of a class; an example that typifies.
    Synonyms: Thesaurus:exemplar
  4. A pattern after which others should be made; an archetype.
  5. A well known usage of a scientific theory.
  6. A handwritten manuscript used by a scribe to make a handwritten copy; the original copy of what gets multiply reproduced in a copy machine.
  7. A copy of a book or piece of writing.
Translations Translations Translations Etymology 2

From French exemplaire, and its source, Latin exemplāris.

Adjective

exemplar

  1. (obsolete) Exemplary.
    • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 8, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC ↗:
      In our age we have no patterne of motherly affection more exemplare, than yours.



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