Member Definition

mĕmbər
members
noun
members
A part or organ of a human or animal body.
Webster's New World
A part of a plant considered with regard to structure or position rather than function.
Webster's New World
A distinct part or element of a whole, as of a mathematical equation, a sentence, a syllogism, a series, a building, a bridge, etc.
Webster's New World
A person belonging to some association, society, community, party, etc.
Webster's New World
A part or division in a system of classification.
Species are members of a genus.
Webster's New World
Antonyms:
  • nonmember
verb

(obsolete) To remember.

Wiktionary
(obsolete) To cause to remember; to mention.
Wiktionary
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Other Word Forms of Member

Noun

Singular:
member
Plural:
members

Origin of Member

  • From Middle English membre, from Old French membre, from Latin membrum (“limb, body part”), from Proto-Indo-European *memso-, *mems-ro (“flesh”). Akin to Gothic * (mimz, “meat, flesh”), Crimean Gothic menus.

    From Wiktionary

  • Coexists with native Middle English lim, limb (“member, limb, joint”) (from Old English lim (“limb, joint, main branch”)), and displaced Middle English lith (“limb, joint, member”) (from Old English liþ (“limb, member, join, tip”)).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English membre from Old French from Latin membrum

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • See remember.

    From Wiktionary

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