member Definition

member
noun

1. Someone who belongs to a group or organization.

Thesaurus: constituent, affiliate, associate, colleague, fellow, initiate, brother, sister, comrade.
2. An elected representative of a governing body, eg a Member of Parliament, or of a local council, etc.

Form: Member (often)
3a. A part of a whole, especially a limb of an animal or a petal of a plant;

Thesaurus: part, portion, segment, component, fragment; appendage, organ, extremity, limb, arm.
3b. The penis.
4. building.
A constituent part of a structural framework.
5. A plant or animal belonging to a specific class or group.

Derivative: membered
adj

Derivative: memberless
adj

Etymology: 13c in sense 3: from French membre, from Latin membrum limb or part.