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Synonyms for members

Grammar : Noun
Spell : mem-ber
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmɛm bər

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Définition of members

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 chapel was thronged, the majority of members being women.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • From the first he appears to have favorably impressed the members of the House.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • We have learned to be citizens of the world, members of the human community.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • The usual working force of the House of Lords is from thirty to forty members.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • Members that never attended were drummed up to vote against the bill.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • The Prince of Wales and other members of the royal family were present.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • In the House of Lords there was also a full attendance of members.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • Other relatives followed, and then most of the members of Parliament.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • He was sorry to see this tendency to aristocracy on the part of members.
  • Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 7, May 14, 1870 » by Various
  • The other members of O'Hara's party had crawled down the bank by that time.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

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