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1
one of a group or collection that shows what the whole is like
- a literary character who is regarded as the prototype of the fanatical and intolerant pursuer of justice
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2
something belonging to an earlier time from which something else was later developed
- the Greek epic that is the prototype of the hero myth
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- ancestor,
- antecedent,
- archetype,
- daddy,
- foregoer,
- forerunner,
- granddaddy
- (also grandaddy),
- precursor,
- predecessor
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- descendant
- (also descendent)
3
something from which copies are made
- the manufacturer exhaustively tested the prototype of the vehicle before approving production
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The first known use of prototype was in 1552
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