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Representative   /rˌɛprəzˈɛntətɪv/  /rˌɛprɪzˈɛntətɪv/  /rˌɛprəzˈɛnətɪv/  /rˌɛprɪzˈɛnətɪv/   Listen
noun
Representative  n.  
1.
One who, or that which, represents (anything); that which exhibits a likeness or similitude. "A statute of Rumor, whispering an idiot in the ear, who was the representative of Credulity." "Difficulty must cumber this doctrine which supposes that the perfections of God are the representatives to us of whatever we perceive in the creatures."
2.
An agent, deputy, or substitute, who supplies the place of another, or others, being invested with his or their authority.
3.
(Law) One who represents, or stands in the place of, another. Note: The executor or administrator is ordinarily held to be the representative of a deceased person, and is sometimes called the legal representative, or the personal representative. The heir is sometimes called the real representative of his deceased ancestor. The heirs and executors or administrators of a deceased person are sometimes compendiously described as his real and personal representatives.
4.
A member of the lower or popular house in a State legislature, or in the national Congress. (U.S.)
5.
(Nat.Hist.)
(a)
That which presents the full character of the type of a group.
(b)
A species or variety which, in any region, takes the place of a similar one in another region.


adjective
Representative  adj.  
1.
Fitted to represent; exhibiting a similitude.
2.
Bearing the character or power of another; acting for another or others; as, a council representative of the people.
3.
Conducted by persons chosen to represent, or act as deputies for, the people; as, a representative government.
4.
(Nat.Hist.)
(a)
Serving or fitted to present the full characters of the type of a group; typical; as, a representative genus in a family.
(b)
Similar in general appearance, structure, and habits, but living in different regions; said of certain species and varieties.
5.
(Metaph.) Giving, or existing as, a transcript of what was originally presentative knowledge; as, representative faculties; representative knowledge. See Presentative, 3 and Represent, 8.





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"Representative" Quotes from Famous Books



... great magnitude and importance. It is also a task of an almost entirely novel character. No other work professing to give the history of a political principle occurs to us, except the slight contributions to the history of representative government that is contained in a course of M. Guizof's lectures.... The history of the development of a principle is at least as important as the history of a dynasty, ...
— MacMillan & Co.'s General Catalogue of Works in the Departments of History, Biography, Travels, and Belles Lettres, December, 1869 • Unknown
... that made the Federal amendment abolishing slavery was polled in the house of representatives on January 26, 1863, was told to a representative of The Tribune yesterday by the reading clerk of that congress—now a Florida winter resident and nearing ninety ...
— The Journal of Negro History, Volume 3, 1918 • Various
... appreciated by those who rely upon the city-market, and have at all times and seasons ample supplies of vegetables within easy reach. On looking round for some individual establishment which we may use as the representative of this branch of industry, we naturally turn to Bloomsdale, as the most prominent and widest-known of seed-farms; and if the reader will join us in a trip thither, we shall be pleased with his company, and ...
— Atlantic Monthly, Vol. XI., April, 1863, No. LXVI. - A Magazine Of Literature, Art, And Politics. • Various
... at the outset, as to the relative power in Congress of the large and small States, was settled at last by the happy compromise of making the Senate representative of the States in equality, and the House representative of the whole people alike. But then came the question, Should the representation be based on numbers or on wealth? The decision to count men and not dollars was a momentous ...
— The Negro and the Nation - A History of American Slavery and Enfranchisement • George S. Merriam
... Montaigne's 'Essais' for perusal we are presently under the spell of a feeling as though we were listening to the words of a most versatile man of the world, in whom we become more and more interested. We find in him not only an amiable representative of the upper classes, but also a man who has deeply entered into the spirit of classic antiquity. Soon he convinces us that he is honestly searching after truth; that he pursues the noble aim of placing himself in harmony with God and the world. Does he succeed in this? Does he arrive ...
— Shakspere And Montaigne • Jacob Feis


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