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Meaning of representative

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  representative
      adj 1: serving to represent or typify; "representative
             moviegoers"; "a representative modern play"
      2: standing for something else; "the bald eagle is
         representative of the United States" [ant:
         {nonrepresentative}, {unsymbolic}]
      3: 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"
      n 1: a person who represents others
      2: an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose;
         "the meeting was attended by spokespersons for all the major
         organs of government" [syn: {spokesperson}, {interpreter},
         {representative}, {voice}]
      3: a member of the United States House of Representatives [syn:
         {congressman}, {congresswoman}, {representative}]
      4: 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" [syn: {example},
         {illustration}, {instance}, {representative}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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