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

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verb

(obsolete) To remember.

Wiktionary

(obsolete) To cause to remember; to mention.

Wiktionary

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Other Word Forms of Member

Singular:

member

Plural:

members

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