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Adjective
- 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
- standing for something else
- the bald eagle is representative of the United States
- serving to represent or typify
- representative moviegoers
- a representative modern play
Noun
- 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
- a member of the United States House of Representatives
- an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose
- the meeting was attended by spokespersons for all the major organs of government
- a person who represents others