exemplar Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun something to be imitated
    good example; model; example.
    • an exemplar of success
    • a model of clarity
    • he is the very model of a modern major general

WordNet

Ex*em"plar noun
Etymology
L. exemplar, exemplum: cf. F. exemplaire. See Example, and cf. Examper, Sampler.
Definitions
  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 adjective
Definitions
  1. Exemplary. Obs.
    The exemplar piety of the father of a family. Jer. Taylor.

Webster 1913