UNION REPRESENTATIVE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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)