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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Prototype \Pro"to*type\, n. [F., from L. prototypus original,
primitive, Gr ?, ?; ? first + ? type model. See {Proto-},
and {Type}]
An original or model after which anything is copied; the
pattern of anything to be engraved, or otherwise copied,
cast, or the like a primary form exemplar; archetype.
They will turn their backs on it like their great
precursor and prototype. --Burke.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
prototype
n : a standard or typical example; "he is the prototype of good
breeding"; "he provided America with an image of the good
father" [syn: {paradigm}, {epitome}, {image}]
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