n.
- a person, country, or organization that has joined a group, society, or team.
▸a person, animal, or plant that belongs to a particular group.
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(Member)
a person formally elected to certain legislative bodies.
▸used in the title awarded to a person admitted to certain honours.
- a constituent piece of a complex structure.
▸a part of a sentence, equation, etc.
- archaic a part of the body, especially a limb.
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(also male member)
a man's penis.
Derivative
- -membered adj. (chiefly Chemistry ).
Etymology
ME: via OFr. from L. membrum ‘limb’.