exemplars

noun

1. 1

   Something fit to be imitated; an ideal, a model.

2. 2

   A role model.

3. 3

   Something typical or representative of a class; an example.

4. 4

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

5. 5

   A well known usage of a scientific theory.

6. 6

   A handwritten manuscript used by a scribe to make a handwritten copy; the original copy of what gets multiply reproduced in a copy machine.

7. 7

   A copy of a book or piece of writing.