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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Exemplar \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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Exemplar \Ex*em"plar\, a. Exemplary. [Obs.] The exemplar piety of the father of a family. --Jer. Taylor. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: exemplar n : something to be imitated; "an exemplar of success"; "a model of clarity"; "he is the very model of a modern major general" [syn: {example}, {model}, {good example}]
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