Definition of representative

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Representative (n.) A member of the lower or popular house in a State legislature, or in the national Congress..

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Delegate :: Delegate (n.) One sent by any constituency to act as its representative in a convention; as, a delegate to a convention for nominating officers, or for forming or altering a constitution..
Convocation :: Convocation (n.) An assembly of the clergy, by their representatives, to consult on ecclesiastical affairs..
Eleven :: Eleven (n.) The eleven men selected to play on one side in a match, as the representatives of a club or a locality; as, the all-England eleven..
Minister :: Minister (n.) A representative of a government, sent to the court, or seat of government, of a foreign nation to transact diplomatic business..
Letter :: Letter (n.) A mark or character used as the representative of a sound, or of an articulation of the human organs of speech; a first element of written language..
Exponent :: Exponent (n.) One who, or that which, stands as an index or representative; as, the leader of a party is the exponent of its principles..
Resident :: Resident (n.) A diplomatic representative who resides at a foreign court; -- a term usualy applied to ministers of a rank inferior to that of ambassadors. See the Note under Minister, 4..
Symbolize :: Symbolize (v. t.) To make representative of something; to regard or treat as symbolic.
Swordfish :: Swordfish (n.) A very large oceanic fish (Xiphias gladius), the only representative of the family Xiphiidae. It is highly valued as a food fish. The bones of the upper jaw are consolidated, and form a long, rigid, swordlike beak; the dorsal fin is high and without distinct spines; the ventral fins are absent. The adult is destitute of teeth. It becomes sixteen feet or more long..
Figurative :: Figurative (a.) Representing by a figure, or by resemblance; typical; representative..
Exhibitive :: Exhibitive (a.) Serving for exhibition; representative; exhibitory.
Parliament :: Parliament (n.) The assembly of the three estates of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, viz., the lords spiritual, lords temporal, and the representatives of the commons, sitting in the House of Lords and the House of Commons, constituting the legislature, when summoned by the royal authority to consult on the affairs of the nation, and to enact and repeal laws..
Representative :: Representative (n.) One who, or that which, represents (anything); that which exhibits a likeness or similitude..
Substitution :: Substitution (n.) The act of substituting or putting one person or thing in the place of another; as, the substitution of an agent, attorney, or representative to act for one in his absense; the substitution of bank notes for gold and silver as a circulating medium..
Representative :: Representative (a.) Serving or fitted to present the full characters of the type of a group; typical; as, a representative genus in a family..
Estate :: Estate (n.) The great classes or orders of a community or state (as the clergy, the nobility, and the commonalty of England) or their representatives who administer the government; as, the estates of the realm (England), which are (1) the lords spiritual, (2) the lords temporal, (3) the commons..
Representative :: Representative (n.) A species or variety which, in any region, takes the place of a similar one in another region..
Deputy :: Deputy (n.) One appointed as the substitute of another, and empowered to act for him, in his name or his behalf; a substitute in office; a lieutenant; a representative; a delegate; a vicegerent; as, the deputy of a prince, of a sheriff, of a township, etc..
Representative :: Representative (a.) Fitted to represent; exhibiting a similitude.
Fixture :: Fixture (n.) Anything of an accessory character annexed to houses and lands, so as to constitute a part of them. This term is, however, quite frequently used in the peculiar sense of personal chattels annexed to lands and tenements, but removable by the person annexing them, or his personal representatives. In this latter sense, the same things may be fixtures under some circumstances, and not fixtures under others..
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