Prō'to-tȳpe, n.

n. [Fr. prototype, Lat. prototypus, Gr. πρωτότυπος, πρωτότυπον, from πρῶτος, first, and τύπος, type, model.] An original or model after which any thing is copied; the pattern of any thing to be engraved, or otherwise copied, cast, or the like; exemplar; archetype. Wotton.

They will turn their backs on it, like their great precursor and prototype. Burke.