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Member vs Semese - What's the difference?

member | semese |

As nouns the difference between member and semese

is that member is member (person) while semese is a member of the warrior caste of the elema of papua new guinea.

As an adjective semese is

(rare) half-eaten.

member

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) membre, from (etyl) membre, from (etyl) . Coexists with native (etyl) lim, ).

Alternative forms

* membre (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who officially belongs to a group.
  • A part of a whole.
    • The I-beams were to become structural members of a pedestrian bridge.
  • * 1979 , Kenneth J. Englund, "The Mississippian and Pennsylvanian (Carbonfierous) Systems in the United States - Virginia", Page C-14, in Geological Survey Professional Paper , Volume 1110
    • The member' intertongues and grades laterally with the lower sandstone ' member of the Pocahontas Formation of Early Pennslyvanian age
  • Part of an animal capable of performing a distinct office; an organ; a limb.
  • * Bible, Rom. xii. 4
    • We have many members' in one body, and all ' members have not the same office.
  • The penis.
  • (logic) One of the propositions making up a syllogism.
  • (set theory) An element of a set.
  • (computing, programming) In object-oriented programming, a function or piece of data associated with each separate instance of a class.
  • (AU, law) the judge or adjudicator in a consumer court.
  • A part of a discourse or of a period, sentence, or verse; a clause.
  • (math) Either of the two parts of an algebraic equation, connected by the equality sign.
    • Synonyms
    * (limb) limb, lith * (penis) penis, pintle * (of a syllogism) premise, premiss * (of a set) element
    Derived terms
    * crewmember * dismember * male member * member of staff * membership
    Descendants
    * Japanese:

    Etymology 2

    See remember.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To remember.
  • (obsolete) To cause to remember; to mention.
    • (Webster 1913) 1000 English basic words ----

    semese

    English

    Etymology 1

    From the (etyl) .

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (rare) Half-eaten.
  • * 1859 : Frederic William Farrar, Julian Home: A Tale of College Life , chapter VII: “The Scorn of Scorn”, page 89 (1866 publication)
    • “Ha, ha, ha!” said Bruce. “No; they’re sons of gyps and that kind of thing, who feed on the semese fragments of the high table.”
  • * 1903 June 6, Dean Farrar as Headmaster, published in The Living Age , 7th series, volume XIX (from the beginning, volume CCXXXVII), number 3074:
    • But what was my indignation, vexation and shame when I discovered them greedily engaged in ravenously devouring the semese fragments of a barbaric repast.

    References

    * “ se?mese, a.'']” listed in the '' [2nd Ed.; 1989

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (semese)
  • A member of the warrior caste of the Elema of Papua New Guinea.
  • * 2009 : Arthur James Todd, The Primitive Family as an Educational Agency , page 208
    • During this period they meet the semese''''' or fighting men of the tribe, “from whom they receive every incentive to become warriors.” Finally there are certain endurance tests that each ''heapu'' must pass before he is considered eligible to become a '''''semese'''''. “Of these the most important tests are, chewing ''upe'' (the root of the ginger plant), and drinking the urine of the '''''semese''''' chief.” The wind-up of the whole affair is the feast at which the ''heapu'' at last becomes a full-fledged '''''semese and is entrusted with its mysteries; but this mystery feast is really an anticlimax and frequently disappoints the candidates.

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