member Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun one of the persons who compose a social group (especially individuals who have joined and participate in a group organization)
    fellow member.
    • only members will be admitted
    • a member of the faculty
    • she was introduced to all the members of his family
  2. noun anything that belongs to a set or class
    • snakes are members of the class Reptilia
    • members of the opposite sex
  3. noun an external body part that projects from the body
    extremity; appendage.
    • it is important to keep the extremities warm
  4. noun 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
  5. noun the male organ of copulation (`member' is a euphemism)
    penis; phallus.

WordNet

Mem"ber transitive verb
Etymology
See Remember.
Definitions
  1. To remember; to cause to remember; to mention. Obs.
Mem"ber noun
Etymology
OE. membre, F. membre, fr. L. membrum; cf. Goth. mimz flesh, Skr. mamsa.
Definitions
  1. (Anat.) A part of an animal capable of performing a distinct office; an organ; a limb.
    We have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office. Rom. xii. 4.
  2. Hence, a part of a whole; an independent constituent of a body; as: (a) A part of a discourse or of a period or sentence; a clause; a part of a verse. (b) (Math.) Either of the two parts of an algebraic equation, connected by the sign of equality. (c) (Engin.) Any essential part, as a post, tie rod, strut, etc., of a framed structure, as a bridge truss. (d) (Arch.) Any part of a building, whether constructional, as a pier, column, lintel, or the like, or decorative, as a molding, or group of moldings. (e) One of the persons composing a society, community, or the like; an individual forming part of an association; as, a member of the society of Friends.

Webster 1913