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representative meaning and definition

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REPRESENTATIVE noun

Definition of representative (noun)

  1. a person who represents others
  2. an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose
  3. a member of the United States House of Representatives
  4. an item of information that is typical of a class or group

REPRESENTATIVE adjective

Definition of representative (adjective)

  1. serving to represent or typify
    • "representative moviegoers"; "a representative modern play"
  2. standing for something else
  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"
Source: Princeton University Wordnet

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