club member
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1.4
- noun
- /klʌb ˈmɛmbər/
:
socio
- What about former club members?
- other club members
- active club members
- Camera Club members
I teach weekly camera sessions to the club members.
- I teach weekly camera sessions to the club members.
Examples
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The number of club members tripled.
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Attention, club members.
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Come on, be a club member.
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It's club members only tonight, sir.
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All of us club members will compete as one.
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Of the six most active club members, three were lawyers.
Academic text (1994) -
Field trips can help a lot in developing camaraderie among club members.
Academic text (2004) -
In October 1942, some 30 club members asked for permission from the project director to begin a purely literary publication.
Academic text (2016) -
Entertain and instruct your club members through a variety of recorded lecture programs.
Academic text (1999) -
Tonight, only club members can attend the special event at the community center.
Synonyms
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1.4
A person, animal, or thing that belongs to a group
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3.5
A person who belongs to a sports or social club
Antonyms
How Involved
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a person who belongs to a club' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'club' (an association) with 'member' (a person in a group). This is a regular noun–noun composition found in many languages and follows straightforward semantic composition, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand it.
Etymology
The compound noun club member comes from the simple image of a person who holds a club's membership card and goes to the group's meetings. The club is the group and the member is the person who joins, so club member means 'a person who belongs to a club'.