member for
6
7.0
- noun
- UK
:
diputado por
- Any relation to the newly elected member for County Clare?
- member for committee
- member for fifteen years
Examples
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And indeed the member for Keswick is right in demanding quick and decisive action.
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I liked it the way it was, and I have been a member for many years.
Blog text (24) -
I would like to thank my fellow Committee members for their support.
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I served on that committee as a member for a couple of years and then as chair.
Academic text (2014) -
State senators served for three-year terms, house members for one year.
Academic text (2009) -
Mr Speaker, can I also extend a special welcome to the new member for Batley and Spen?
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Bobby D. Parker, Broomfield, Colorado, has been a PSA member for fifteen years.
Academic text (1994) -
The right honourable member for Ashford doesn't share her certainty.
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Dan Heidel, FPSA, of Boise, Idaho, has been a PSA member for 41 years.
Academic text (1994) -
The newly elected member for Oxford is working hard to address local issues.
Synonyms
∞
3.3
A person in a senate who helps make national laws
784
3.5
A man chosen by voters to serve in the United States House of Representatives
572
4.1
A person chosen to represent a group at a meeting or conference
404
3.9
A person elected to serve in the United States House of Representatives
244
3.2
A person who votes on laws in national or local government
180
5.5
A person who makes laws as a member of a government group
42
3.2
A person elected or chosen to serve on a council that makes local decisions
37
3.5
A person who makes and votes on laws for a state
35
7.7
A member of a city council elected to represent a local area
35
6.1
A person elected to speak for people in an area in the lower house
33
6.6
A man elected to a state's assembly to make laws
8
7.3
A person elected to a parliament, such as the House of Commons
8
3.4
A member of the United States Congress who represents people in a district
5
3.6
A person on a city or town council who helps make rules and plans
3
3.7
A person elected to represent an area in the UK Parliament, especially in the House of Commons
1
9.9
A person who represents a town in its council or parliament, often in old England
1
7.2
A member of a city council who represents a local area and has a gender neutral title
A person elected to a national legislature, for example a member of Congress
A person who represents people from a region in a parliament or assembly
Surface Forms
Morphology
The sense 'a person elected to represent a particular area' is partially inferable from 'member' (a person in a group) combined with 'for' (indicating target/beneficiary), so learners can guess it means a member associated with a place. However, the specific political/title usage (especially in Commonwealth contexts) is a conventional collocation that learners may not fully predict from the parts alone, making the expression only partially transparent.
Etymology
Member for comes from the old idea of a town choosing someone to speak in parliament for that place. The phrase shows the person is a member acting for a town, so today member for Easton means the elected person who 'represents' that area.