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`From "The American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English
`Language"
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` Copyright © 2011, 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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`representative
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`1.
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`One that serves as an example or type for others of the same classification.
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`2.
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`One that serves as a delegate or agent for another.
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`3.
`a.
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`A member of a governmental body, usually legislative, chosen by popular vote.
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`b.
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`A member of the US House of Representatives or of the lower house of a state legislature.
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`adj.
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`1.
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`Representing, depicting, or portraying or able to do so.
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`2.
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`Authorized to act as an official delegate or agent.
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`3.
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`Of or characteristic of government by representation.
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`4.
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`Like or typical of others of the same class.
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`rep're•sen'ta•tive•ly adv.
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`rep're•sen'ta•tive•ness n.
`rep're-sen'ta-tive-ness n.
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` Copyright © 2011, 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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`APA
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`Representative. (2011). In The American Heritage dictionary of the English language. Retrieved from
`http://search.credoreference.com/content/entry/hmdictenglang/representative/0
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`MLA
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`"Representative." The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language. Boston: Houghton Mifflin,
`2011. Credo Reference. Web. 17 September 2014.
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`Chicago
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`"Representative". In The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language. Boston: Houghton
`Mifflin, 2011. http://search.credoreference.com/content/entry/hmdictenglang/representative/0
`(accessed September 17, 2014.)
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`Harvard
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`"Representative" 2011, in The American Heritage dictionary of the English language , Houghton Mifflin,
`Boston, USA. Accessed: 17 September 2014, from Credo Reference
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