Member (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. a person, animal, plant, group, etc., that is part of a society, party, community, taxon, or other body.
  2. Government.
    • a member of Congress, especially of the House of Representatives.
    • a member of the British Parliament, especially of the House of Commons.
    • any member of a legislative body.
  3. a part or organ of an animal body; a limb, as a leg, arm, or wing.
  4. a structural entity of a plant body.
  5. the penis.
  6. a constituent part of any structural or composite whole, as a subordinate architectural feature of a building.
  7. Mathematics.
    • either side of an equation.
    • an element of a set.
  8. a stratigraphic unit recognized within a formation, and mapped as such.
adjective
  1. being a member of or having membership in an association, organization, etc.: member countries of the United Nations.
noun
  1. a person who belongs to a club, political party, etc
  2. any individual plant or animal in a taxonomic group
  3. any part of an animal body, such as a limb
  4. another word for penis
  5. any part of a plant, such as a petal, root, etc
  6. any individual object belonging to a set or logical class
  7. a distinct part of a whole, such as a proposition in a syllogism
  8. a component part of a building or construction
noun (sometimes not capital)
  1. short for Member of Parliament
  2. short for Member of Congress
  3. a member of some other legislative body
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