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Definition of Exemplar
1. Noun. Something to be imitated. "He is the very model of a modern major general"
Generic synonyms: Ideal
Specialized synonyms: Beaut, Beauty, Pacemaker, Pacesetter, Pattern, Prodigy
Derivative terms: Exemplary, Exemplify, Exemplary
Definition of Exemplar
1. n. A model, original, or pattern, to be copied or imitated; a specimen; sometimes; an ideal model or type, as that which an artist conceives.
2. a. Exemplary.
Definition of Exemplar
1. Noun. Something fit to be imitated; see ideal and model. ¹
2. Noun. Something typical or representative of a class; see example. ¹
3. Noun. A pattern after which others should be made; see archetype. ¹
4. Noun. A well known usage of a scientific theory. ¹
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. ¹
6. Adjective. (obsolete) Exemplary. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Exemplar
1. one that is worthy of being copied [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Exemplar
Literary usage of Exemplar
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Elementary Latin Dictionary by Charlton Thomas Lewis, Hugh Macmaster Kingery (1918)
"exemplar, aria, n. [ exemplum ], a transcript, tapy: (libri). ... model, exemplar,
original, example: ad imi- tandum ..."
2. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1768)
"... my kind reader, that I have entitled it, The exemplar.— • The beft I can fay
in apology for the execution of this ..."
3. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1865)
"Perhaps some correspondent can inform you when this exemplar of “ the constant
service of the antique world “ died, and in what manner her death was ..."
4. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1909)
"A further result of this comparison shows that the three codices go back upon a
common exemplar. This conclusion is not vitiated by the difference« which ..."
5. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"... representative, illustration, exemplar, essay, exemplification (formal); spec,
demonstrate, monument. 2. One that serves as a model or pattern: pattern, ..."
6. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"The expression "To send to Quarantine" is found in Swift, but no earlier exemplar
of the modern phrase is to be found than 1785, in Grose's " Dictionary of ..."
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