Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Exemplar \Ex*em"plar\, n. [L. exemplar, exemplum: cf. F.
   exemplaire. See {Example}, and cf. {Examper}, {Sampler}.]
   1. A model, original, or pattern, to be copied or imitated; a
      specimen; sometimes; an ideal model or type, as that which
      an artist conceives.

            Such grand exemplar as make their own abilities the
            sole measure of what is fit or unfit. --South.

   2. A copy of a book or writing. [Obs.] --Udall.

Exemplar \Ex*em"plar\, a.
   Exemplary. [Obs.]

         The exemplar piety of the father of a family. --Jer.
                                                  Taylor.

Source : WordNet®

exemplar
     n : something to be imitated; "an exemplar of success"; "a model
         of clarity"; "he is the very model of a modern major
         general" [syn: {example}, {model}, {good example}]