type

noun

A number of people or things having in common traits or characteristics that distinguish them as a group or class: synonym: kind.

noun

A person or thing having the features of a group or class.

noun

An example or a model having the ideal features of a group or class; an embodiment.

noun

A person regarded as exemplifying a particular profession, rank, or social group.

noun

A figure, representation, or symbol of something to come, such as an event in the Old Testament that is believed to foreshadow another in the New Testament.

noun

The type specimen, type species, or type genus, which serves as the basis for the name of a species, genus, or family.

noun

A small block of metal or wood bearing a raised letter or character on the upper end that leaves a printed impression when inked and pressed on paper.

noun

Such pieces considered as a group.