Hypertext Webster Gateway: "prototype"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Prototype \Pro"to*type\, n. [F., from L. prototypus original,
primitive, Gr. ?, ?; ? first + ? type, model. See {Proto-},
and {Type}]
An original or model after which anything is copied; the
pattern of anything to be engraved, or otherwise copied,
cast, or the like; a primary form; exemplar; archetype.
They will turn their backs on it, like their great
precursor and prototype. --Burke.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
prototype
n : a standard or typical example; "he is the prototype of good
breeding"; "he provided America with an image of the good
father" [syn: {paradigm}, {epitome}, {image}]
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