Found 2 items, similar to prototype.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: prototype 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]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Prototype 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. [1913 Webster] They will turn their backs on it, like their great precursor and prototype. --Burke. [1913 Webster]