exemplar

  1. Noun.  Something fit to be imitated; see ideal and model.
  2. Noun.  Something typical or representative of a class; see example.
  3. Noun.  A pattern after which others should be made; see archetype.
  4. Noun.  A well known usage of a scientific theory.
  5. Noun.  A handwritten manuscript used by a scribe to make a handwritten copy; the original copy of what gets multiply reproduced in a copy machine.

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