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representative

2 noun
     
Related topics: Government
representative2 S3 W2 [countable]
1PG someone who has been chosen to speak, vote, or make decisions for someone else [= delegate]:
a union representative
representative of
an elected representative of the people
2

Representative

a member of the House of Representatives, the Lower House of Congress in the United States
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