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representative

adjective
1 it is not his best painting but it is the one most representative of his oeuvre as a whole | a representative sample of British society
TYPICAL , prototypical, characteristic, illustrative, indicative; archetypal, paradigmatic, exemplary.

-opposite(s): ATYPICAL, UNREPRESENTATIVE, ABNORMAL, EXTRAORDINARY.

2 Britannia, a female figure allegorically representative of Britain
SYMBOLIC , emblematic, evocative.


3 a system of representative government | a representative assembly
ELECTED , elective, chosen, democratic, popular, nominated, appointed, commissioned; delegated, authorized, accredited, official.

-opposite(s): TOTALITARIAN.

noun
1 a representative of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
SPOKESPERSON , spokesman, spokeswoman, agent; officer, official; mouthpiece.


2 a sales representative
COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER , travelling salesman, salesman, saleswoman, agent, traveller; informal rep, knight of the road; N. Amer. informal drummer; Brit. archaic commercial.


3 the Cambodian representative at the UN
DELEGATE , commissioner, ambassador, attaché, envoy, emissary, chargé, chargé d'affaires, commissary, deputy, aide; Scottish depute; Canadian & Austral. agent general; Roman Catholic Church nuncio; archaic legate, factor.


4 our representatives in parliament
MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT , MP, Member; councillor; N. Amer. Member of Congress, congressman, congresswoman, senator.


5 from the age of thirty, he acted as his father's representative when the raja was away in England
DEPUTY , substitute, stand-in, proxy, surrogate.


6 fossil representatives of lampreys and hagfishes
EXAMPLE ,
SPECIMEN; exemplar, exemplification, type, archetype, illustration, epitome, embodiment.

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