Member

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun Hence, a part of a whole; an independent constituent of a body.

II. Member ·noun A part of a discourse or of a period or sentence; a clause; a part of a verse.

III. Member ·noun A part of an animal capable of performing a distinct office; an organ; a limb.

IV. Member ·noun Either of the two parts of an algebraic equation, connected by the sign of equality.

V. Member ·vt To Remember; to cause to remember; to Mention.

VI. Member ·noun Any essential part, as a post, tie rod, strut, ·etc., of a framed structure, as a bridge truss.

VII. Member ·noun Any part of a building, whether constructional, as a pier, column, lintel, or the like, or decorative, as a molding, or group of moldings.

VIII. Member ·noun One of the persons composing a society, community, or the like; an individual forming part of an association; as, a member of the society of Friends.