adj.
1.serving to represent or typify
2.standing for something else
3.being or characteristic of government by representation in which citizens exercise power through elected officers and representatives representative n.
1.a person who represents others
2.an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose
3.a member of the United States House of Representatives
4.an item of information that is representative of a type
Idiom of the Day
get (something) out of one's system
to get rid of the desire to do something
I went on a short holiday so that I could get travelling out of my system.