member
//ˈmɛmbə//
Forms
- Plural
- members
Definitions
1.One who belongs to a group.
- “Were it not for the fancy French and Latin in it, I'd have swore it was the sort of thing I do not print as a rule, but being as how the order was from one of the members upstairs..”
2.A part of a whole.
- The I-beams were to become structural members of a pedestrian bridge.
3.Part of an animal capable of performing a distinct office; an organ; a limb.
- I am not a member of the club.
4.The penis.
- If your wife is old and your member is exhausted, eat onions in plenty.
Frequency
Overall
Very common· #341
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Common
- General reading & writing
- Very common
- Academic
- Common
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Word family
Etymology
From Middle English membre, from Old French membre, from Latin membrum (“limb, body part”), from Proto-Italic *memzrom, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗms, *mēms-rom (“flesh”). Akin to Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌼𐌶 (mimz, “meat, flesh”), Crimean Gothic menus.