1. One who, or that which, represents (anything); that which exhibits a
likeness or similitude.
A statute of Rumor, whispering an idiot in the ear, who was the
representative of Credulity.
Addison.
Difficulty must cumber this doctrine which supposes that the
perfections of God are the representatives to us of whatever we
perceive in the creatures.
Locke.
2. An agent, deputy, or substitute, who supplies the place of another,
or others, being invested with his or their authority.