aftertype

English

Alternative forms
  • after-type

Etymology

From after- +‎ type. Compare foretype.

Noun

aftertype (plural aftertypes)

  1. A type or figure which comes after or ensues another, often in semblance to or in imitation of them; a copy
    • 1839, Castle Martyr: Or, A Tale of Old Ireland - Volume 2:
      But Anna was an enthusiast — in politics and religion — with a Joan d'Arc devotion, she cast every personal consideration in the back ground, and as far as will could make her, was ready to become an aftertype of La Pucelle d'Orleans.
    • 1903, Isabel Savory, In the Tail of the Peacock:
      Leading his own troops, dispensing justice, an after-type of those great Arabs who sprang from the sands of Arabia and Africa, shook Europe, and flourished in Spain, a basha.
    • 2013, Martha Bayless, Sin and Filth in Medieval Culture: The Devil in the Latrine:
      The story hence has a number of parallels with tales of Arius and his aftertypes, and must have come to mind when later evildoers were found dead in the latrine.
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