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prototype |
2 definitions found 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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