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exemplar.

Something fit to be imitated; an ideal, a worthy model or role model: a desirable example.

8 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɛɡˈzɛm.plə/Received-Pronunciation/ɪkˈzɛm.plə/Received-Pronunciation/ɛɡˈzɛm.plɑɹ/General-American/ɪɡˈzɛm.plɚ/General-American
  1. Something fit to be imitated; an ideal, a worthy model or role model: a desirable example.

    Michelangelo's "David" is an exemplar of Renaissance sculpture.
  2. Something typical or representative; an example that typifies its class.

  3. A pattern after which others should be made; an archetype.

  4. A well-known use of a scientific theory.

  5. A manuscript used by a scribe to make a handwritten copy; the original document to be reproduced in a copy machine.

  6. A copy of a book or piece of writing.

Where this word comes from

From Middle English exempler, from Middle French exemplair, and its source, Latin exemplar, from Latin exemplum (“example”).

adj
  1. Exemplary.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Middle English exempler, from Middle French exemplaire, and its source, Latin exemplāris. By surface analysis, example + -ar. Doublet of exemplary.

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