"proto" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "From the prefix proto-.",
  "head_templates": [
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      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "proto (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "72 16 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
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              36,
              41
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2007 March 11, Horacio Silva, “Muscle Man”, in New York Times:",
          "text": "[…] he photographed his tenant, the proto male supermodel Matt Collins, for Italian Harper’s Bazaar.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Prototypical; preceding the proper beginning of something."
      ],
      "id": "en-proto-en-adj-G~7f~FQl",
      "links": [
        [
          "Prototypical",
          "prototype"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "proto"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "From the prefix proto-.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "protos",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "proto (plural protos)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Fashion",
          "orig": "en:Fashion",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
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              91,
              97
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2013, Lisa Springsteel, Becoming a Fashion Designer:",
          "text": "[…] attending various fabric trade shows across the country and internationally; reviewing protos (prototypes) and strike-offs; approving final designs; and communicating with overseas mills.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A prototype of a design."
      ],
      "id": "en-proto-en-noun-8NF8osoh",
      "links": [
        [
          "fashion",
          "fashion"
        ],
        [
          "prototype",
          "prototype"
        ],
        [
          "design",
          "design"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, fashion) A prototype of a design."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "fashion",
        "lifestyle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Furry fandom",
          "orig": "en:Furry fandom",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A protogen."
      ],
      "id": "en-proto-en-noun-0k7xO4lb",
      "links": [
        [
          "furry",
          "furry#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "fandom",
          "fandom"
        ],
        [
          "protogen",
          "protogen"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(furry fandom, informal) A protogen."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "slang"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "lifestyle"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "proto"
}

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  "categories": [
    "English adjectives",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English uncomparable adjectives",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the prefix proto-.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "proto (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              36,
              41
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2007 March 11, Horacio Silva, “Muscle Man”, in New York Times:",
          "text": "[…] he photographed his tenant, the proto male supermodel Matt Collins, for Italian Harper’s Bazaar.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Prototypical; preceding the proper beginning of something."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Prototypical",
          "prototype"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "proto"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English adjectives",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English uncomparable adjectives",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the prefix proto-.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "protos",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "proto (plural protos)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English informal terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "en:Fashion"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              91,
              97
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2013, Lisa Springsteel, Becoming a Fashion Designer:",
          "text": "[…] attending various fabric trade shows across the country and internationally; reviewing protos (prototypes) and strike-offs; approving final designs; and communicating with overseas mills.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A prototype of a design."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fashion",
          "fashion"
        ],
        [
          "prototype",
          "prototype"
        ],
        [
          "design",
          "design"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, fashion) A prototype of a design."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "fashion",
        "lifestyle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English informal terms",
        "en:Furry fandom"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A protogen."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "furry",
          "furry#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "fandom",
          "fandom"
        ],
        [
          "protogen",
          "protogen"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(furry fandom, informal) A protogen."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "slang"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "lifestyle"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "proto"
}