personal representative
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6.9
- noun
- /ˈpɜrsənl ˌrɛprɪˈzɛntətɪv/
- Formal
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representante personal
- Speak to a personal representative so that they can ask questions and get get their questions answered.
- personal representative to the Vatican
Examples
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Whether by coincidence or design, Richard Nixon quickly reestablished ties with the Holy See in the same year and appointed Henry Cabot Lodge as his personal representative to the Vatican.
Academic text (1996) -
At that time, President Franklin Roosevelt, politically motivated by the growing number of American Catholics and concerned with the possible entry of Italy into the war, decided to appoint Myron Taylor as his personal representative to the Holy See.
Academic text (1996) -
Within a few weeks of his election, President Reagan appointed William Wilson as his personal representative to the Vatican.
Academic text (1996) -
I'm Mr. Gunderson's personal representative.
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It is within such context that Khamenei's personal representative to the IRGC is now saying that the IRGC regrets supporting Ahmadinejad.
Blog text (3) -
Moreover, and particularly relevant to the Pope's visit to Mexico, in February, Salinas de Gortari appointed the lawyer Agustin Tellez Cruces as his personal representative to the Vatican, though without establishing diplomatic relations.
Academic text (1991) -
Full-fledged U.S.-Vatican relations are only a decade old, although consuls, charges d'affaires, ministers-in-residence, and personal representatives had been dispatched to the papal states on occasion since 1797.
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As his personal representative, I am responsible for managing his estate after his passing.
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The will indicated that his daughter would become the personal representative for all his affairs.
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After her father's death, she was named the personal representative to settle the estate.
Synonyms
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3.5
A person who speaks or acts for other people in an official way
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6.8
A person chosen to carry out someone's will after death
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5.4
A person the court chooses to manage and give out a dead person's property without a will
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9.2
A person who must manage someone else's money or property and act in their best interest
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3.9
A person who can act for someone in legal matters, for example signing papers
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9.6
A woman chosen by a court to manage a dead person's money and property
Surface Forms
Morphology
The components 'personal' (relating to a particular person) and 'representative' (someone acting officially on another's behalf) make it relatively easy for a learner to infer a meaning like 'a person who represents or acts for an individual.' However, the precise legal sense—an appointed person who manages affairs or an estate (often after death)—is specialized and not fully predictable from the constituents alone, so full understanding requires prior exposure.
Etymology
Personal representative comes from the image of a personal person who acts as a representative for someone else after they die. Imagine that person standing in to answer letters, pay bills and divide money, so the phrase means 'a person officially chosen to manage someone's affairs or estate after death'.