[mem.ber] n, often attrib [ME membre, fr. OF, fr. L membrum; akin to Goth mimz flesh, Gk meros thigh] (14c) 1: a body part or organ: as a: limb b: penis c: a unit of structure in a plant body
2: one of the individuals composing a group
3: a person baptized or enrolled in a church
4: a constituent part of a whole: as a: a syntactic or rhythmic unit of a sentence: clause b: one of the propositions of a syllogism c: one of the elements of a set or class d: either of the equated elements in a mathematical equation syn see part