UNION REPRESENTATIVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does union representative mean? 

• UNION REPRESENTATIVE (noun)
  The noun UNION REPRESENTATIVE has 1 sense:

1. a representative for a labor union

  Familiarity information: UNION REPRESENTATIVE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNION REPRESENTATIVE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A representative for a labor union

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("union representative" is a kind of...):

representative (a person who represents others)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "union representative"):

labor organizer; organiser; organizer (someone who enlists workers to join a union)

shop steward; steward (a union member who is elected to represent fellow workers in negotiating with management)

walking delegate (a union representative who visits workers at their jobs to see whether agreements are observed)