Definition of: member

(mem′bər) noun
1. A person belonging to an incorporated or organized body, society, etc.: a Member of Congress, a member of a club.
2. A limb or other functional organ of an animal body.
3. A part or element of a structural or composite whole, distinguishable from other parts or elements, as a part of a sentence, syllogism, period, or discourse, or any necessary part of a structural framework, as a tie rod, post, or strut in the truss of a bridge.
4. A subordinate classificatory part: A species is a member of a genus.
5. Bot. A part of a plant considered with reference to position and structure, but regardless of function.
6. Math. a Either side of an equation. b A set of figures or symbols forming part of a formula or number. c Any one of the items forming a series. See synonyms under PART, TERM. [<OF membre <L membrum limb]