Definitions for the word "representative" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. a.
Fitted to represent; exhibiting a similitude.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. a.
Bearing the character or power of another; acting for another or others; as, a council representative of the people.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. a.
Conducted by persons chosen to represent, or act as deputies for, the people; as, a representative government.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. a.
Serving or fitted to present the full characters of the type of a group; typical; as, a representative genus in a family.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. a.
Similar in general appearance, structure, and habits, but living in different regions; -- said of certain species and varieties.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. a.
Giving, or existing as, a transcript of what was originally presentative knowledge; as, representative faculties; representative knowledge. See Presentative, 3 and Represent, 8.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
One who, or that which, represents (anything); that which exhibits a likeness or similitude.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. n.
An agent, deputy, or substitute, who supplies the place of another, or others, being invested with his or their authority.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. n.
One who represents, or stands in the place of, another.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. n.
A member of the lower or popular house in a State legislature, or in the national Congress.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
11. n.
That which presents the full character of the type of a group.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
12. n.
A species or variety which, in any region, takes the place of a similar one in another region.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
13. adj.
1 typical of a class. 2 containing typical specimens of all or many classes (representative sample). 3 a consisting of elected deputies etc. B based on representation by these (representative government). 4 (foll. By of) serving as a portrayal or symbol of. n. 1 (foll. By of) sample, specimen, or typical embodiment of. 2 a agent of a person or society. B commercial traveller. 3 delegate; substitute. 4 deputy etc. In a representative assembly. [french or medieval latin: related to *represent1]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
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