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member

//ˈmɛmbə//

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Note for member

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Forms

Plural
members

Definitions

  1. 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. 2.A part of a whole.

    • The I-beams were to become structural members of a pedestrian bridge.
  3. 3.Part of an animal capable of performing a distinct office; an organ; a limb.

    • I am not a member of the club.
  4. 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

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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.

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