Definitions
1.nounSomething fit to be imitated; an ideal, a model.
2.nounA role model.
3.nounSomething typical or representative of a class; an example.
4.nounA pattern after which others should be made; an archetype.
5.nounA well known usage of a scientific theory.
6.nounA handwritten manuscript used by a scribe to make a handwritten copy; the original copy of what gets multiply reproduced in a copy machine.
7.nounA copy of a book or piece of writing.