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member

mem·ber

UK/ˈmɛmbə/ US/ˈmɛmbɚ/ common

noun

1.

one of the persons who compose a social group (especially individuals who have joined and participates in a group organization)

  • “only members will be admitted”
  • “a member of the faculty”
  • “she was introduced to all the members of his family”
Antonyms
2.

an organization that is a member of another organization (especially a state that belongs to a group of nations)

  • “the library was a member of the interlibrary loan association”
  • “Canada is a member of the United Nations”
3.

an external body part that projects from the body

  • “it is important to keep the extremities warm”
Synonyms
4.

anything that belongs to a set or class

  • “snakes are members of the class Reptilia”
  • “members of the opposite sex”
5.

Origin

From Middle English membre, from Old French membre, from Latin membrum (“limb, body part”), from Proto-Italic *memzrom, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗms, *mēms-rom (“flesh”). Akin to Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌼𐌶 (mimz, “meat, flesh”), Crimean Gothic menus. Coexists with native limb, from Old English lim (“limb, joint, main branch”). Mostly displaced lith (“limb, joint, member”), from Old English liþ (“limb, member, join, tip”), which still survives in British dialect.

Phrases

  • board member
  • charter member
  • data member
  • end member
  • founder member
  • founding member
  • gang member
  • gutter member

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