exemplar, example, model, good example
(noun) something to be imitated; “an exemplar of success”; “a model of clarity”; “he is the very model of a modern major general”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
exemplar (plural exemplars)
Something fit to be imitated; an ideal, a model.
Synonym: Thesaurus:model
A role model.
Something typical or representative of a class; an example.
Synonym: Thesaurus:exemplar
A pattern after which others should be made; an archetype.
A well known usage of a scientific theory.
A handwritten manuscript used by a scribe to make a handwritten copy; the original copy of what gets multiply reproduced in a copy machine.
A copy of a book or piece of writing.
exemplar (comparative more exemplar, superlative most exemplar)
(obsolete) Exemplary.
• exampler
Source: Wiktionary
Ex*em"plar, n. Etym: [L. exemplar, exemplum: cf. F. exemplaire. See Example, and cf. Examper, Sampler.]
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.
Ex*em"plar, a.
Definition: Exemplary. [Obs.] The exemplar piety of the father of a family. Jer. Taylor.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 May 2025
(adjective) worth having or seeking or achieving; “a desirable job”; “computer with many desirable features”; “a desirable outcome”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
