An exemplar is a person, a place, an object, or some other entity that serves as a predominant example of a given concept (e.g. "The heroine became an exemplar in courage to the children"). It may also refer to: Exemplar, a well-known science problem and its solution, from Thomas Kuhn's The Structure of Scientific Revolutions Exemplar, the first name for the ship USS Dorothea L. Dix (AP-67) Exemplar, in exemplification theory, an illustrative representation of information or an event Exemplar, a series of parallel-computing machines introduced in 1994 by Convex Computer Exemplar (art history), an image or version upon which secondary or subsequent versions are dependent Exemplar (textual criticism), the text used to produce another version of the text Handwriting exemplar, a writing sample that can be examined forensically Exemplar theory, in psychology, a theory about how humans categorize objects and ideas Exemplars (comics), a fictional group of eight humans in the Marvel Comics universe Exemplars of Evil, an accessory to the 3.5 edition of Dungeons & Dragons that shows how to build memorable villains The Twenty-four Filial Exemplars, a classic text of Confucian filial piety written by Guo Jujing during the Yuan dynasty See also Example (disambiguation) Exemplum, a moral anecdote used to illustrate a point Role model