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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
member/ˈmembə(r)/
noun
  • 1 a person, country, or organization that has joined a group, society, or team.

    ■ a person, animal, or plant that belongs to a particular group.

    ■ (Member) a person formally elected to certain legislative bodies.

    ■ used in the title awarded to a person admitted to certain honours.

  • 2 a constituent piece of a complex structure.

    ■ a part of a sentence, equation, etc.

  • 3 archaic a part of the body, especially a limb.

    ■ (also male member) a man's penis.

– derivatives
-membered adjective (chiefly Chemistry).
– origin ME: via OFr. from L. membrum ‘limb’.
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