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Exemplar
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: noun (n.)
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.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
Exemplary. [Obs.] The exemplar piety of the father of a family. Jer. Taylor.