The executor or administrator is ordinarily held to be the
representative of a deceased person, and is sometimes called the legal
representative, or the personal representative. The heir is sometimes
called the real representative of his deceased ancestor. The heirs and
executors or administrators of a deceased person are sometimes
compendiously described as his real and personal representatives.
Wharton. Burrill.
4. A member of the lower or popular house in a State legislature, or in
the national Congress. [U.S.]
5. (Nat.Hist.) (a) That which presents the full character of the type
of a group. (b) A species or variety which, in any region, takes the
place of a similar one in another region.
Rep`re*sent"a*tive*ly, adv. In a representative manner; vicariously.
Rep`re*sent"a*tive*ness, n. The quality or state of being
representative.
Dr. Burnet observes, that every thought is attended with
consciousness and representativeness.
Spectator.
Rep`re*sent"er (-?r), n. 1. One who shows, exhibits, or describes. Sir
T. Browne.