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representative
noun
a
person
who
is
chosen
or
elected
to
speak
or
act
for
a
group
of
other
people
•
The
town
elected
Maria
as
their
representative
on
the
council
.
The
town
elected
Maria
as
their
representative
on
the
council
.
•
Each
class
sends
one
representative
to
the
student
parliament
.
Each
class
sends
one
representative
to
the
student
parliament
.
from
Medieval
Latin
repraesentativus
“
serving
to
represent
,”
from
Latin
repraesentare
“
to
show
,
present
”
+
‑ivus
"
-ive
".
noun
someone
who
promotes
and
sells
a
company
’
s
products
or
services
to
customers
•
A
representative
from
the
software
company
gave
us
a
demo
.
A
representative
from
the
software
company
gave
us
a
demo
.
•
The
pharmaceutical
representative
visited
the
hospital
on
Tuesday
.
The
pharmaceutical
representative
visited
the
hospital
on
Tuesday
.
extended
commercial
sense
recorded
in
the
late
19th
century
.
adjective
showing
the
typical
qualities
of
a
larger
group
so
that
it
can
stand
for
that
group
•
We
took
a
representative
sample
of
100
households
.
We
took
a
representative
sample
of
100
households
.
•
This
painting
is
representative
of
her
early
style
.
This
painting
is
representative
of
her
early
style
.
adjective
use
from
Latin
repraesentativus
,
meaning
'serving
to
present
or
exhibit'
.
adjective
relating
to
a
political
system
in
which
people
choose
others
to
make
decisions
for
them
•
They
studied
the
history
of
representative
government
in
class
.
They
studied
the
history
of
representative
government
in
class
.
•
A
representative
democracy
allows
citizens
to
vote
for
lawmakers
.
A
representative
democracy
allows
citizens
to
vote
for
lawmakers
.
political
sense
popularized
in
the
17th
century
amid
debates
on
parliamentary
rule
.