- a model or pattern to be copied or imitated: Washington is the exemplar of patriotic virtue.
- a typical example or instance.
- an original or archetype: Plato thought nature but a copy of ideal exemplars.
- a copy of a book or text.
- a person or thing to be copied or imitated; model
- a typical specimen or instance; example
- a copy of a book or text on which further printings have been based
