member -
n. 1 a person belonging to a society, team, etc.
2 (
Member) a person formally elected to
take part in the proceedings of certain organizations (
Member of Parliament;
Member of
Congress).
3 (also attrib.) a part or branch of a political body (
member State; a
member of the EEC).
4 a constituent portion of a complex structure.
5 a part of a sentence, equation, group of figures,
mathematical set, etc.
6 a any part or organ of the body, esp. a limb. b =
PENIS.
7 used in the title awarded to a person admitted to (usu. the lowest grade of) certain honours (
Member of the British Empire).
membered adj. (also in comb.). memberless adj. [ME f. OF membre f. L membrum limb]
