representative

Adjective

• being or characteristic of government by representation in which citizens exercise power through elected officers and representatives
  • representative government as defined by Abraham Lincoln is government of the people, by the people, for the people
    

• standing for something else
  • the bald eagle is representative of the United States
    

• serving to represent or typify
  • representative moviegoers
    
  • a representative modern play
    

Noun

• an item of information that is typical of a class or group
  • this patient provides a typical example of the syndrome
    
  • there is an example on page 10
    

• a member of the United States House of Representatives

• an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose
  • the meeting was attended by spokespersons for all the major organs of government
    

• a person who represents others

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  example , illustration , instance , congressman , congresswoman , spokesperson , interpreter , voice
• Antonyms: 
  nonrepresentative , unsymbolic