Definitions:

1. being or characteristic of government by representation in which citizens exercise power through elected officers and representatives adjective
   • representative government as defined by Abraham Lincoln is government of the people, by the people, for the people
2. serving to represent or typify adjective
   • representative moviegoers
3. standing for something else adjective
   • the bald eagle is representative of the United States

Synonyms:

• congressman
• congresswoman
• example
• voice