representative

1. A person who represents others (synset 110541628)
   is a type of: negotiant, negotiator, treater - someone who negotiates (confers with others in order to reach a settlement)
   subtypes:

   • agent - a representative who acts on behalf of other persons or organizations
   • alderman - a member of a municipal legislative body (as a city council)
   • assemblyman - someone who is a member of a legislative assembly
   • assemblywoman - a woman assemblyman
   • contact, middleman - a person who is in a position to give you special assistance
   • delegate - a person appointed or elected to represent others
   • emissary, envoy - someone sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else
   • chief of state, head of state - the chief public representative of a country who may also be the head of government
   • personal representative - a person who manages the affairs of another
   • resident commissioner - the representative of Puerto Rico in the United States House of Representatives
   • union representative - a representative for a labor union
2. An advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose (synset 110657783)
   "the meeting was attended by spokespersons for all the major organs of government"
   is a type of: advocate, advocator, exponent, proponent - a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea
   subtypes:

   • ambassador - an informal representative
   • flack, flack catcher, flak, flak catcher - a slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer
   • mouth, mouthpiece - a spokesperson (as a lawyer)
   • spokesman - a male spokesperson
   • spokeswoman - a female spokesperson
   • bagman, commercial traveler, commercial traveller, roadman, traveling salesman, travelling salesman - a salesman who travels to call on customers
   same as: interpreter, spokesperson, voice
3. A member of the United States House of Representatives (synset 109975260)
   is a type of: legislator - someone who makes or enacts laws
   subtypes: rep - informal abbreviation of `representative'
   same as: congressman, congresswoman
4. An item of information that is typical of a class or group (synset 105828980)
   "this patient provides a typical example of the syndrome"; "there is an example on page 10"
   is a type of: information - knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction
   subtypes:

   • apology, excuse - a poor example
   • exception - an instance that does not conform to a rule or generalization
   • case in point, precedent - an example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time
   • quintessence - the most typical example or representative of a type
   • sample - a small part of something intended as representative of the whole
   • specimen - an example regarded as typical of its class
   same as: example, illustration, instance

1. Serving to represent or typify (synset 302478647)
   "representative moviegoers"; "a representative modern play"
   similar to: typical - exhibiting the qualities or characteristics that identify a group or kind or category
2. Standing for something else (synset 301988764)
   "the bald eagle is representative of the United States"
   similar to:

   • allegoric, allegorical - used in or characteristic of or containing allegory
   • emblematic, emblematical, symbolic, symbolical - serving as a visible symbol for something abstract
3. Being or characteristic of government by representation in which citizens exercise power through elected officers and representatives (synset 300720006)
   "representative government as defined by Abraham Lincoln is government of the people, by the people, for the people"
   similar to: democratic - characterized by or advocating or based upon the principles of democracy or social equality

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