representative

1. a. Fitted to represent; exhibiting a similitude. Source: opted

2. a. Bearing the character or power of another; acting for another or others; as, a council representative of the people. Source: opted

3. a. Conducted by persons chosen to represent, or act as deputies for, the people; as, a representative government. Source: opted

4. a. Serving or fitted to present the full characters of the type of a group; typical; as, a representative genus in a family. Source: opted

5. a. Similar in general appearance, structure, and habits, but living in different regions; -- said of certain species and varieties. Source: opted

6. a. Giving, or existing as, a transcript of what was originally presentative knowledge; as, representative faculties; representative knowledge. See Presentative, 3 and Represent, 8. Source: opted

7. n. One who, or that which, represents (anything); that which exhibits a likeness or similitude. Source: opted

8. n. An agent, deputy, or substitute, who supplies the place of another, or others, being invested with his or their authority. Source: opted

9. n. One who represents, or stands in the place of, another. Source: opted

10. n. A member of the lower or popular house in a State legislature, or in the national Congress. Source: opted

11. n. That which presents the full character of the type of a group. Source: opted

12. n. A species or variety which, in any region, takes the place of a similar one in another region. Source: opted

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