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representative 1. a person representing a constituency in a deliberative, legislative, or executive body, esp (cap) a member of the House of Representatives (the lower house of Congress) 2. acting for or representing a constituency or the whole people in the process of government 3. of, characterized by, or relating to the political principle of representation of the people How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Their dishonoured representative was driving up from the railway station in a coach- and-four, with music and a banner. Let us take a simple case: in travelling from north to south over a continent, we generally meet at successive intervals with closely allied or representative species, evidently filling nearly the same place in the natural economy of the land. No Person shall be a Representative who shall not have attained to the Age of twenty five Years, and been seven Years a citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State in which he shall be chosen. |
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