representative
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- n a person who represents others
- n an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose
- n a member of the United States House of Representatives
- n an item of information that is typical of a class or group
- s serving to represent or typify
representative moviegoers
a representative modern play - a standing for something else
the bald eagle is representative of the United States - s 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
- And one strong sign that a political earthquake is unlikely in November: almost two out of three respondents (63%) approved of the job their own congressional representative is .
- No representative of Paxson or Alcalde and Fay personally asked Senator McCain to send a letter to the FCC regarding this proceeding.