Exemplar

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ɛɡˈzÉ›m.plÉ™/, /ɪkˈzÉ›m.plÉ™/
• US IPA: /ɛɡˈzÉ›m.plɑɹ/, /ɪɡˈzÉ›m.plÉš/

From Old French exemplaire, from Late Latin exemplarium, from Latin exemplum.

Full definition of exemplar

Noun

1. Something fit to be imitated; see ideal and model.
2. Something typical or representative of a class; see example.
3. A pattern after which others should be made; see archetype.
4. A well known usage of a scientific theory.
5. A handwritten manuscript used by a scribe to make a handwritten copy; the original copy of what gets multiply reproduced in a copy machine.
6. A copy of a book or writing.

Synonyms

From French exemplaire, and its source, Latin exemplāris.

Adjective

1. (obsolete) Exemplary.
• 1603, John Florio, trans. Michel de Montaigne, Essays, II.8:in our age we have no patterne of motherly affection more exemplare, than yours.----