prototype : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: prototype	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for prototype
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [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" Synonym(s): prototype, paradigm, epitome, image
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.