Category:Prototype

Pro"to*type, n. Etym: [f., from l. prototypus original, primitive, Gr. Proto-, and type]

Defn: 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.