a. | 1. | Fitted to represent; exhibiting a similitude. |
| 2. | Bearing the character or power of another; acting for another or others; as, a council representative of the people. |
| 3. | Conducted by persons chosen to represent, or act as deputies for, the people; as, a representative government. |
| 4. | (Nat.Hist.) Serving or fitted to present the full characters of the type of a group; typical; as, a representative genus in a family. |
| 5. | (Metaph.) Giving, or existing as, a transcript of what was originally presentative knowledge; as, representative faculties; representative knowledge. See Presentative, 3 and Represent, 8. |
n. | 1. | |
| 1. | One who, or that which, represents (anything); that which exhibits a likeness or similitude. |
| 2. | An agent, deputy, or substitute, who supplies the place of another, or others, being invested with his or their authority. |
| 3. | (Law) One who represents, or stands in the place of, another. |
| 4. | A member of the lower or popular house in a State legislature, or in the national Congress. |
| 5. | (Nat.Hist.) That which presents the full character of the type of a group. |