1a person, country, or organization that has joined a group, society, or team:she’s an active member of Greenpeace [as modifier]:the EU’s member countries
a person, animal, or plant belonging to a particular group:interest from members of the public
(Member) a person formally elected to certain legislative bodies:Member of Parliament for Stretford
used in the title awarded to a person admitted to certain honours:Member of the Order of the British Empire
2a constituent piece of a complex structure, especially a component of a load-bearing structure:the main member that joins the front and rear axles
a part of a sentence, equation, mathematical set, etc..
3 archaic a part of the body, especially a limb.
(also male member) used euphemistically to refer to the penis.
membered
adjective
[in combination]: (chiefly Chemistry)a six-membered oxygen-containing ring
