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Synonyms for exemplar


Grammar : Noun
Spell : ig-zem-pler, -plahr
Phonetic Transcription : ɪgˈzɛm plər, -plɑr

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Définition of exemplar

Origin :
  • late 14c., "original model of the universe in the mind of God," later (mid-15c.) "model of virtue," from Old French exemplaire (14c.) and directly from Late Latin exemplarium, from Latin exemplum (see example).
  • noun ideal
Example sentences :
  • The principle of these two young ladies is proposed as an exemplar to her sex.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • No mention now of the Eurasian exemplar, the synthetic "over-man."
  • Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill
  • It might be truthfully said of her, that she was an exemplar for all who knew her.
  • Extract from : « Oration on the Life and Character of Henry Winter Davis » by John A. J. Creswell
  • But its development was scarcely appreciable, from lack of opportunity and of exemplar.
  • Extract from : « Four Years in Rebel Capitals » by T. C. DeLeon
  • Who would expect Sir Sidney Lee to have had so remote an exemplar?
  • Extract from : « A Boswell of Baghdad » by E. V. Lucas
  • The term Imm then becomes equal to the word leader or exemplar.
  • Extract from : « The Faith of Islam » by Edward Sell
  • Take your lives to the Exemplar in that fashion, and go over them bit by bit.
  • Extract from : « Expositions of Holy Scripture » by Alexander Maclaren
  • When he might have been an exemplar there was no one who dared to follow him.
  • Extract from : « The History of Modern Painting, Volume 3 (of 4) » by Richard Muther
  • He was the exemplar of proper rest even as he was the exemplar of proper work.
  • Extract from : « The Bible and Life » by Edwin Holt Hughes
  • Few resisted, but the spirit of Belgium was to find at least one exemplar.
  • Extract from : « The Wonder of War on Land » by Francis Rolt-Wheeler
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