representative
Noun
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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
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is a type of: advocate, advocator, exponent, proponent - a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an ideasubtypes:
- 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
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is a type of: legislator - someone who makes or enacts lawssubtypes: rep - informal abbreviation of `representative'same as: congressman, congresswoman
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is a type of: information - knowledge acquired through study or experience or instructionsubtypes:
- 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
Adjective
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similar to: typical - exhibiting the qualities or characteristics that identify a group or kind or category
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similar to:
- allegoric, allegorical - used in or characteristic of or containing allegory
- emblematic, emblematical, symbolic, symbolical - serving as a visible symbol for something abstract
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similar to: democratic - characterized by or advocating or based upon the principles of democracy or social equality
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