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English Dictionary: representative by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
representative
adj
  1. serving to represent or typify; "representative moviegoers"; "a representative modern play"
  2. standing for something else; "the bald eagle is representative of the United States"
    Antonym(s): nonrepresentative, unsymbolic
  3. being or characteristic of government by representation in which citizens exercise power through elected officers and representatives; "representative government as defined by Abraham Lincoln is government of the people, by the people, for the people"
n
  1. a person who represents others
  2. an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose; "the meeting was attended by spokespersons for all the major organs of government"
    Synonym(s): spokesperson, interpreter, representative, voice
  3. a member of the United States House of Representatives
    Synonym(s): congressman, congresswoman, representative
  4. an item of information that is typical of a class or group; "this patient provides a typical example of the syndrome"; "there is an example on page 10"
    Synonym(s): example, illustration, instance, representative
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Representative \Rep`re*sent"a*tive\, n. [Cf. LL.
      repraesentativus.]
      1. One who, or that which, represents (anything); that which
            exhibits a likeness or similitude.
  
                     A statute of Rumor, whispering an idiot in the ear,
                     who was the representative of Credulity. --Addison.
  
                     Difficulty must cumber this doctrine which supposes
                     that the perfections of God are the representatives
                     to us of whatever we perceive in the creatures.
                                                                              --Locke.
  
      2. An agent, deputy, or substitute, who supplies the place of
            another, or others, being invested with his or their
            authority.
  
      3. (Law) One who represents, or stands in the place of,
            another.
  
      Note: The executor or administrator is ordinarily held to be
               the representative of a deceased person, and is
               sometimes called the legal representative, or the
               personal representative. The heir is sometimes called
               the real representative of his deceased ancestor. The
               heirs and executors or administrators of a deceased
               person are sometimes compendiously described as his
               real and personal representatives. --Wharton. Burrill.
  
      4. A member of the lower or popular house in a State
            legislature, or in the national Congress. [U.S.]
  
      5. (Nat.Hist.)
            (a) That which presents the full character of the type of
                  a group.
            (b) A species or variety which, in any region, takes the
                  place of a similar one in another region.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Representative \Rep`re*sent"a*tive\ (-z?nt`?-t?v), a. [Cf. F.
      repr[?]sentatif.]
      1. Fitted to represent; exhibiting a similitude.
  
      2. Bearing the character or power of another; acting for
            another or others; as, a council representative of the
            people. --Swift.
  
      3. Conducted by persons chosen to represent, or act as
            deputies for, the people; as, a representative government.
  
      4. (Nat.Hist.)
            (a) Serving or fitted to present the full characters of
                  the type of a group; typical; as, a representative
                  genus in a family.
            (b) Similar in general appearance, structure, and habits,
                  but living in different regions; -- said of certain
                  species and varieties.
  
      5. (Metaph.) Giving, or existing as, a transcript of what was
            originally presentative knowledge; as, representative
            faculties; representative knowledge. See {Presentative}, 3
            and {Represent}, 8.
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