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A model, original, or pattern, to be copied or imitated; a specimen; sometimes; an ideal model or type, as that which an artist conceives.

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  1. n. A model, original, or pattern, to be copied or imitated; a specimen; sometimes; an ideal model or type, as that which an artist conceives.
  2. n. A copy of a book or writing.
  3. a. Exemplary.
  4. n. something to be imitated
  5. 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. Exemplary. [Obs.] The exemplar piety of the father of a family. Jer. Taylor.
  6. Exemplary. [Obs.]The exemplar piety of the father of a family. Jer. Taylor.
  7. n:100 n. something to be imitated