Definitions for: Exemplar


[n] something to be imitated; "an exemplar of success"; "a model of clarity"; "he is the very model of a modern major general"



Webster (1913) Definition: Ex*em"plar, n. [L. exemplar, exemplum: cf. F.
exemplaire. See Example, and cf. Examper, Sampler.]
1. A model, original, or pattern, to be copied or imitated; a
specimen; sometimes; an ideal model or type, as that which
an artist conceives.

Such grand exemplar as make their own abilities the
sole measure of what is fit or unfit. --South.

2. A copy of a book or writing. [Obs.] --Udall.


Ex*em"plar, a.
Exemplary. [Obs.]

The exemplar piety of the father of a family. --Jer.
Taylor.

Synonyms: example, good example, model

See Also: beaut, beauty, ideal, pattern

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