1.a person who represents others
2.an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose;
the meeting was attended by spokespersons for all the major organs of government
3.a member of the United States House of Representatives
4.an item of information that is representative of a type;
this patient provides a typical example of the syndrome
5.serving to represent or typify;
representative moviegoers
6.standing for something else;
the bald eagle is representative of the United States
7.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