EXEMPLARS

Noun

exemplars

plural of exemplar

Anagrams

• examplers

Source: Wiktionary


EXEMPLAR

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



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