| Representative: English to English |
| Representative (a.) Bearing the character or power of another; acting for another or others; as, a council representative of the people. |
| Representative (a.) Conducted by persons chosen to represent, or act as deputies for, the people; as, a representative government. |
| Representative (a.) Fitted to represent; exhibiting a similitude. |
| Representative (a.) Giving, or existing as, a transcript of what was originally presentative knowledge; as, representative faculties; representative knowledge. See Presentative, 3 and Represent, 8. |
| Representative (a.) Serving or fitted to present the full characters of the type of a group; typical; as, a representative genus in a family. |
| Representative (a.) Similar in general appearance, structure, and habits, but living in different regions; -- said of certain species and varieties. |
| Representative (n.) A member of the lower or popular house in a State legislature, or in the national Congress. |
| Representative (n.) A species or variety which, in any region, takes the place of a similar one in another region. |
| Representative (n.) An agent, deputy, or substitute, who supplies the place of another, or others, being invested with his or their authority. |
| Representative (n.) One who represents, or stands in the place of, another. |
| Representative (n.) One who, or that which, represents (anything); that which exhibits a likeness or similitude. |
| Representative (n.) That which presents the full character of the type of a group. |