n. 25B6; adjective
a representative sample : TYPICAL, prototypical, characteristic, illustrative, archetypal.
a female figure representative of Britain : SYMBOLIC, emblematic.
representative government : ELECTED, elective, democratic, popular.
atypical, totalitarian.
25B6; noun
a representative of the Royal Society : SPOKESPERSON, spokesman, spokeswoman, agent, official, mouthpiece.
a sales representative : (COMMERCIAL) TRAVELLER, (travelling) salesman, saleswoman, agent; informal rep; N. Amer. informal drummer.
the Cambodian representative at the UN : DELEGATE, commissioner, ambassador, attaché, envoy, emissary, chargé d'affaires, deputy.
our representatives in parliament : MEMBER (OF PARLIAMENT), MP; councillor; N. Amer. Member of Congress, senator.
he acted as his father's representative : DEPUTY, substitute, stand-in, proxy.
fossil representatives of lampreys : EXAMPLE, specimen, exemplar, exemplification.