- 1representative (of somebody/something) a person who has been chosen to speak or vote for someone else or on behalf of a group a representative of the U.N. our elected representatives in government a union representative The committee includes representatives from industry.
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- 2(informal rep) a person who works for a company and travels around selling its products a sales representative She's our representative in France.
- 3a person chosen to take the place of someone else He was the principal's representative at the ceremony.
- 4a person who is typical of a particular group The singer is regarded as a representative of the youth of her generation.
- 5Representative (abbreviation Rep.) (in the U.S.) a member of the House of Representatives, the lower house of Congress; a member of the House of Representatives in the lower house of a state legislature
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