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Date: 1400-1500
Language: Late Latin
Origin: exemplarium, from Latin exemplum; EXAMPLE

exemplar

 noun
     
ex‧em‧plar [countable]
formal a good or typical example
exemplar of
Milt's career is an exemplar of survival in difficult times.
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