Representative

From Old French representatif.

Full definition of representative

Typical; having the same properties of interest as a larger group.Are you sure this paper is representative of your child's writing?If you took all the fools out of the legislature, it wouldn't be a representative body anymore. — Texas State Senator Carl Parker.

(plural representatives)

One who may speak for another in a particular capacity, especially in negotiation.I will send a representative to work out the details of the contract.
A member of a legislative or governing body who represents a constituency.She served four terms as representative of her local at the national union convention.
One that is taken as typical of its class.
(US, politics) A member of the US House of Representatives.All representatives face re-election every two years.