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Synonyms for member

Grammar : Noun
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Phonetic Transcription : ˈmɛm bər

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Définition of member

Origin :
  • late 13c., "sex organ" (cf. Latin membrum virile, but in English originally of women as well as men), also, "body part or organ" (in plural, "the body"), from Old French membre "part, portion; topic, subject; limb, member of the body; member" (of a group, etc.)," 11c., from Latin membrum "limb, member of the body, part," probably from PIE *mems-ro, from root *mems- "flesh, meat" (cf. Sanskrit mamsam "flesh;" Greek meninx "membrane," meros "thigh" (the "fleshy part"); Gothic mimz "flesh"). In English, sense of "person belonging to a group" is first attested early 14c., from notion of "constituent part of a complex structure." Meaning "one who has been elected to parliament" is from early 15c.
  • noun part of a group
  • noun appendage
Example sentences :
  • The only member of that household I could marry is not suited to my age.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • Great credit is also due to the second in command, and to every member of the party.
  • Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
  • He was a member of the Cabinet, but not of the House of Commons.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • Miss Hilton, a member of the Overton faculty, would chaperon her.
  • Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
  • Fifty years before, on that day, he had been returned to Parliament as member for Newark.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • There was nothing Christlike about her; still she was a member of the Church.
  • Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
  • Strada was the only member of the company who interested the audience.
  • Extract from : « Handel » by Edward J. Dent
  • The young man was sent to college that he might be a member of a gentler caste.
  • Extract from : « The Call of the Twentieth Century » by David Starr Jordan
  • This farm to which he had devoted his life was taking it from him by a member of its herd.
  • Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
  • This was done, and I was up and dressed before any other member of the family was stirring.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper

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