member

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A person who belongs to a group, club, or organization.

   Only members are allowed to use the gym.

2. 2
   noun

   A part of a larger whole.

   The beams became the main structural members of the bridge.

Common collocations

• charter member Noun + noun
• clan member Noun + noun
• faculty member Noun + noun
• upstanding member Adjective + noun

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. Coexists with native limb, from Old English lim (“limb, joint, main branch”). Mostly displaced lith (“limb, joint, member”), from Old English liþ (“limb, member, join, tip”), which still survives in British dialect.

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