non-membern.adj.
/nɒnˈmɛmbə/, U.S. /nɑnˈmɛmbər/ A. n.
A person who or thing which is not a member of a particular association, organization, class, etc.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > separation or isolation > [noun] > one who is separated or isolated > non-member
stranger?c1376
non-member1635
1635 W. Best Churches Plea v. 60 All our troubles, haue proceeded (as it were) from two causes; viz. the Baptisme of Non-members, and the denying of the Churches power.
1650 J. Cotton Singing of Psalmes 49 Neither doe the members of the Church..lay aside this dutie, and leave it to Non-Members.
1848 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. (at cited word) Non-member, not a member.
1874 C. Dawson Coll. Family Rec. 183 Disownment was then, among Friends, a common penalty for marrying a non-member, or for being present at any marriage consummated otherwise than by Friends' ceremony.
1886 Dict. National Biogr. VI. 258/2 An old bylaw of the college forbidding members to hold consultations with non-members.
1926 Amer. Speech 1 436/2 A member of an act..who comes upon the stage from the audience to take part in the performance as a supposed non-member of the profession.
1962 J. L. Austin et al. How to do Things with Words viii. 107 We shall revert to the distinction between our three kinds of act..with a view to getting the three classes and their members and non-members somewhat clearer.
1993 Unigram x (APT Data Services) (BNC) ACE decided to invite the Open Software Foundation, a non-member, to participate in some fashion.
B. adj. (attributive).
That is not a member of a particular association, organization, class, etc.; of or relating to a non-member.
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society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > separation or isolation > [adjective] > not attached (as a member)
unaffiliated1849
non-member1857
1857 Harper's Mag. Nov. 815/1 Most clubs have a stranger's room, to which a member can invite a non-member friend to dine with him.
1898 Econ. Jrnl. 8 22019 No less than 56 [co-operative productive] societies..accorded to the numerous non-member workmen whom they employed no share whatever in their profits.
1904 Rationalist Press Assoc. Fifth Ann. Rep. 1903 3 The increase in the non-member subscribers is 24.
1969 Jane's Freight Containers 1968–9 419/3 Non-Member Pallet, any entity other than an IATA [sc. International Air Transport Association] Member airline, e.g. shipper or container manufacturer.
1993 Statute Law Rev. (BNC) Summer 32 The Schengen treaty..requires the development of common policies by its participants in areas such as visas for citizens of non-Member States of the EC.
2000 Washington Post (Electronic ed.) 13 Sept. Chamber members who register today will be charged $349 for a booth. Otherwise, the member price is $375; the nonmember price is $475.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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