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" [ant: {nonrepresentative}]

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" [syn: {spokesperson}, {interpreter},

{voice}]

3: a member of the US House of Representatives [syn: {congressman},

{congresswoman}]

4: a single item of information that is representative of a

type; "this patient provides a typical example of the

syndrome"; "there is a good example on page 10" [syn: {example},

{illustration}, {instance}]