noun (n)

• a standard or typical example(noun.cognition)

  Example:
  He is the prototype of good breeding.
  

  Synonym:
  epitome, image, paradigm
  

  source: wordnet30
• 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.(noun)

  source: webster1913