noun
- A person who represents others.
- An advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose.
- usage: "the meeting was attended by spokespersons for all the major organs of government"
- synonyms: spokesperson, interpreter, voice
- A member of the United States House of Representatives.
- synonyms: congressman, congresswoman
- An item of information that is typical of a class or group.
- usage: "this patient provides a typical example of the syndrome"; "there is an example on page 10"
- synonyms: example, illustration, instance
adjective
- Serving to represent or typify.
- usage: "representative moviegoers"; "a representative modern play"
- Standing for something else.
- usage: "the bald eagle is representative of the United States"
- Being or characteristic of government by representation in which citizens exercise power through elected officers and representatives.
- usage: "representative government as defined by Abraham Lincoln is government of the people, by the people, for the people"