représentant

Definitions of représentant
  1. noun
    informal abbreviation of `representative'
    synonyms: représentante
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    membre du congrés
    a member of the United States House of Representatives
  2. noun
    a person who represents others
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    agent, agent commercial, intermédiaire
    a representative who acts on behalf of other persons or organizations
    conseiller municipal
    a member of a municipal legislative body (as a city council)
    contact, intermédiaire
    a person who is in a position to give you special assistance
    délégué
    a person appointed or elected to represent others
    envoyé
    someone sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else
    chef d'Etat
    the chief public representative of a country who may also be the head of government
    représentant syndical
    a representative for a labor union
    agent, manager
    someone who engages a person or company for performances
    chancelier, premier ministre
    the person who is head of state (in several countries)
    subrogé, suppléant
    a person appointed to represent or act on behalf of others
    légat
    a member of a legation
    organisateur
    someone who enlists workers to join a union
    président, président de la République
    the chief executive of a republic
    président, président des Etats Unis
    the person who holds the office of head of state of the United States government
    agent secret
    a person secretly employed in espionage for a government
    monarque, souverain
    a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right
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    négociateur
    someone who negotiates (confers with others in order to reach a settlement)
  3. noun
    a man salesperson
    synonyms: vendeur
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    cantonnier, voyageur de commerce
    a salesman who travels to call on customers
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    représentante
    a person employed to represent a business and to sell its merchandise (as to customers in a store or to customers who are visited)
  4. noun
    a person employed to represent a business and to sell its merchandise (as to customers in a store or to customers who are visited)
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    démontrateur
    someone who demonstrates an article to a prospective buyer
    vendeur
    a salesperson in a store
    représentante, vendeuse
    a woman salesperson
    vendeur
    a man salesperson
    cantonnier, voyageur de commerce
    a salesman who travels to call on customers
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    employé, salarié
    a worker who is hired to perform a job
  5. noun
    an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose
    synonyms: interprète, porte-parole, représentant du peuple
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    porte-parole
    a male spokesperson
    porte-parole
    a female spokesperson
    cantonnier, voyageur de commerce
    a salesman who travels to call on customers
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    avocat
    a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea
  6. noun
    a person appointed or elected to represent others
    synonyms: délégué
  7. noun
    a member of the United States House of Representatives
    synonyms: membre du congrés
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    représentante
    informal abbreviation of `representative'
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    législateur
    someone who makes or enacts laws
  8. noun
    the act of representing; standing in for someone or some group and speaking with authority in their behalf
    synonyms: délégué
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    représentation proportionnelle
    representation of all parties in proportion to their popular vote
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    collaboration
    joint operation or action
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