Definitions
something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies
Used in a sentence
“Near-synonym: prototype (sometimes synonymous)”
“The outstanding importance of this manuscript for the text of Aeschylus has long been recognized. In the last century some scholars even persuaded themselves that it was the archetype of the whole extant tradition.”
“His collaborator was Robert Singer, a professor of English and film studies at Kingsborough Community College, who lamented this week that he and his fellow Brooklynites "have been archetyped to death."”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Original model”9 letters
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