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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Town :: Town (adv. & prep.) The body of inhabitants resident in a town; as, the town voted to send two representatives to the legislature; the town voted to lay a tax for repairing the highways..
Constituency :: Constituency (n.) A body of constituents, as the body of citizens or voters in a representative district..
Misrepresentative :: Misrepresentative (a.) Tending to convey a wrong impression; misrepresenting.
Representative :: Representative (n.) One who, or that which, represents (anything); that which exhibits a likeness or similitude..
Quorum :: Quorum (n.) Such a number of the officers or members of any body as is competent by law or constitution to transact business; as, a quorum of the House of Representatives; a constitutional quorum was not present..
Internuncio :: Internuncio (n.) A representative, or charge d'affaires, of the pope at a foreign court or seat of government, ranking next below a nuncio..
Representativeness :: Representativeness (n.) The quality or state of being representative.
Embassador :: Embassador (n.) An official messenger and representative.
Delegate :: Delegate (n.) Any one sent and empowered to act for another; one deputed to represent; a chosen deputy; a representative; a commissioner; a vicar.
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..
Iconology :: Iconology (n.) The discussion or description of portraiture or of representative images. Cf. Iconography.
Speakership :: Speakership (n.) The office of speaker; as, the speakership of the House of Representatives..
Representative :: Representative (a.) Fitted to represent; exhibiting a similitude.
Panpresbyterian :: Panpresbyterian (a.) Belonging to, or representative of, those who hold Presbyterian views in all parts of the world; as, a Panpresbyterian council..
Democracy :: Democracy (n.) Government by popular representation; a form of government in which the supreme power is retained by the people, but is indirectly exercised through a system of representation and delegated authority periodically renewed; a constitutional representative government; a republic..
Lieutenant :: Lieutenant (n.) An officer who supplies the place of a superior in his absence; a representative of, or substitute for, another in the performance of any duty..
Congressman :: Congressman (n.) A member of the Congress of the United States, esp. of the House of Representatives..
Representative :: Representative (n.) A species or variety which, in any region, takes the place of a similar one in another region..
Monotypic :: Monotypic (a.) Having but one type; containing but one representative; as, a monotypic genus, which contains but one species..
Imagination :: Imagination (n.) The representative power; the power to reconstruct or recombine the materials furnished by direct apprehension; the complex faculty usually termed the plastic or creative power; the fancy.
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