noun
Something fit to be imitated; an ideal, a worthy model or role model: a desirable example.
Something typical or representative; an example that typifies its class.
A pattern after which others should be made; an archetype.
A well-known use of a scientific theory.
A manuscript used by a scribe to make a handwritten copy; the original document to be reproduced in a copy machine.
A copy of a book or piece of writing.
adjective
(obsolete) Exemplary.