0 someone who speaks or does something officially for another person -- представитель
1 the same as other people or things in a particular group -- показательный, типичный
Are his views representative of the rest of the department?
The former are often called representatives, the latter beneficiaries.
Throughout the nineteenth century crop reporters had been elected like representatives of townships.
He finds that both elected village heads and party representatives unambiguously acknowledge this.
As elected members of the legislature, elected representatives are expected to represent their voters in the process of lawmaking.
In these issues, representatives of indigenous peoples' organisations and states had different opinions and interpretations, which were discussed at length.
Rather than resist the implementation of new rules and practices, many chiefs have attempted to recast themselves as the ' authentic representatives ' of local communities.
Early modern authors practised an intellectual eclecticism, which frequently makes it difficult to describe them as representatives of one particular context or another.
Thirdly, and quite distinct from anything said so far, there may be an argument for representation even if the representatives do appropriate the rents.
