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  Private Member

  noun

  a member of a legislative body, especially of the House of Commons, who has no special duties and is not a member of the ministry.
• private member
  private member

  noun

  a member of a legislative assembly, such as the House of Commons, not having an appointment in the government

Private Member

American  

noun

1. (sometimes lowercase) a member of a legislative body, especially of the House of Commons, who has no special duties and is not a member of the ministry.

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private member British  

noun

1. a member of a legislative assembly, such as the House of Commons, not having an appointment in the government

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Etymology

Origin of Private Member

First recorded in 1600–10

Example Sentences

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Private Member private member

I pity you, my dear Mr. Private Member, From the bottom of a bottomless heart.

From Outlook Odes by Crosland, T. W. H. (Thomas William Hodgson)

I pity you, my dear Mr. Private Member, I do really.

From Outlook Odes by Crosland, T. W. H. (Thomas William Hodgson)

A spokeswoman for Mr. Hoyer said his office does not comment on private member conversations.

From New York Times ● Sep. 24, 2021

The couple were married on April 26, 1992, in front of 100 guests at Le Club, a private member club located under the 59th Street Bridge in New York.

From New York Times ● Jul. 8, 2021

“We had the extra space so we went really super high end with a private member gym,” explains Morton, who is working with powerhouse trainers Jay Glazer and Chuck Liddel.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2014

We have seen private member schemes closing to new members and existing members wholesale over the last few years.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2013

Is not prayer to the Church what the bayonet is to the soldier—that which the private member has to use? 

From Broken Bread from an Evangelist's Wallet by Champness, Thomas