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   member

   /ˈmɛmbə/

   noun

   • 1. a person, animal, or plant belonging to a particular group: "interest from members of the public" Similar constituentelementcomponentpartportionpieceunitfactorfeatureattribute
   • ▪ a person, country, or organization that has joined a group, society, or team: "she's an active member of Greenpeace" Similar subscriberassociaterepresentativeattenderinsiderfellowcomradeadherentlife memberfounder membercard-carrying membersupporterfollowerupholderadvocatedisciplesectary
   • ▪ a person formally elected to certain legislative bodies: "Member of Parliament for Stretford"
   • ▪ used in the title awarded to a person admitted to certain honours: "Member of the Order of the British Empire" Similar constituentelementcomponentpartportionpieceunitfactorfeatureattribute
   • 2. a constituent piece of a complex structure, especially a component of a load-bearing structure: "the main member that joins the front and rear axles"
   • ▪ a part of a sentence, equation, mathematical set, etc.
   • 3. a part of the body, especially a limb. archaic Similar limbpart of the bodyorganarmlegappendageextremityprojectionprotuberanceprocesspenis
   • ▪ used euphemistically to refer to the penis.

   Word Origin Middle English: via Old French from Latin membrum ‘limb’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. memberless adjective

   Scrabble Points: 12

   • M

     3

   • E

     1

   • M

     3

   • B

     3

   • E

     1

   • R

     1

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