private membern.

Brit.

/ˌprʌɪvᵻt ˈmɛmbə/, U.S.

/ˈpraɪvᵻt ˈmɛmbər/

Forms: see private adj.¹, adv., and n. and member n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: private adj.¹, member n.

Etymology: < private adj.¹ + member n.

A member of a legislative body, now esp. the House of Commons in the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries, who does not hold government office. (In quot. 1606: a person who is not a member of the Privy Council.) In the British House of Commons, members of the Opposition front bench, while not holding government office, are not generally regarded as private members.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > English or British parliament > [noun] > Member of Parliament > other types of member

burgessc1425

private member1606

recruiter1648

university member1774

unofficial member1822

labour member1871

Labour-Liberal1890

service member1890

front-bencher1907

back-bencher1910

shire-member1910

1606 Orig. Jrnls. House of Commons 13 May 5 f. 131 Peticions heretofore delivered by the privie Counsell 28 & 43° Eliz... Last Session by Mr Hare a privat member.

a1649 J. Winthrop Hist. New Eng. (1853) II. 376 Private members making speeches in the church assemblies to the disturbance and hindrance of the ordinances.

1776 Edinb. Advertiser 17 May 314/2 He should always give us opinion against it in the worn-out office of a private member of parliament.

1789 E. Burke Wks. (1869) X. 314 ‘My accuser’ (meaning myself, then acting as a private member of Parliament).

1835 Mirror of Parl. (1st Sess., 12th Parl.) 1 69/2 Nobody is more sensible than I am of the extent to which the country is often indebted to private Members, who undertake the management of public Bills.

1852 B. Disraeli Ld. G. Bentinck xxvii. 580 Instead of experiencing the usual and almost inevitable doom of private members of parliament and having his statements shattered by official information, Lord George Bentinck on the contrary was the assailant and the successful assailant of an administration on these very heads.

1883 Stubbs' Merc. Circular 26 Sept. 862/1 It is almost hopeless for a private member to get an opportunity of bringing on a Bill before half-past twelve.

1930 Times Educ. Suppl. 22 Nov. p. i/1 It will be necessary to further restrict the rights of private members of the House of Commons by use of what is known as ‘The Kangaroo Closure’.

1992 H. Robertson On Hill 7 Parliamentary secretaries, caucus officers, and up-and-coming MPs who have caught their leader's eye occupy the middle rows, all the rest are backbenchers or private members.

Compounds

private member's bill n. a bill introduced by a private member.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > [noun] > bill > general types of

overture1561

bill of review1623

transmiss1764

personal bill1844

remanet1845

private member's bill1872

counter-bill1880

Bill of Rights1892

proposition1911

1872 Times 11 May 6/6 His Bill had passed through the House at those hours when private members' Bills only could pass.

1939 W. I. Jennings Parliament vii. 180 Many private members' Bills are ‘inspired’ by interests outside.

1973 Austral. Humanist 26 1/1 The victory of the Roman Catholic-dominated Right to Life Association over the McKenzie-Lamb private members Bill to provide abortions on request..will be seen by social historians of the future as pyrrhic.

2003 Independent 15 Apr. i. 9/2 Lord Joffe, who has introduced a private member's Bill allowing assisted suicide, said yesterday that a new law was inevitable, despite the lack of government support.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	private member
释义	private membern. Brit. /ˌprʌɪvᵻt ˈmɛmbə/, U.S. /ˈpraɪvᵻt ˈmɛmbər/ Forms: see private adj.¹, adv., and n. and member n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: private adj.¹, member n. Etymology: < private adj.¹ + member n. A member of a legislative body, now esp. the House of Commons in the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries, who does not hold government office. (In quot. 1606: a person who is not a member of the Privy Council.) In the British House of Commons, members of the Opposition front bench, while not holding government office, are not generally regarded as private members. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > English or British parliament > [noun] > Member of Parliament > other types of member burgessc1425 private member1606 recruiter1648 university member1774 unofficial member1822 labour member1871 Labour-Liberal1890 service member1890 front-bencher1907 back-bencher1910 shire-member1910 1606 Orig. Jrnls. House of Commons 13 May 5 f. 131 Peticions heretofore delivered by the privie Counsell 28 & 43° Eliz... Last Session by Mr Hare a privat member. a1649 J. Winthrop Hist. New Eng. (1853) II. 376 Private members making speeches in the church assemblies to the disturbance and hindrance of the ordinances. 1776 Edinb. Advertiser 17 May 314/2 He should always give us opinion against it in the worn-out office of a private member of parliament. 1789 E. Burke Wks. (1869) X. 314 ‘My accuser’ (meaning myself, then acting as a private member of Parliament). 1835 Mirror of Parl. (1st Sess., 12th Parl.) 1 69/2 Nobody is more sensible than I am of the extent to which the country is often indebted to private Members, who undertake the management of public Bills. 1852 B. Disraeli Ld. G. Bentinck xxvii. 580 Instead of experiencing the usual and almost inevitable doom of private members of parliament and having his statements shattered by official information, Lord George Bentinck on the contrary was the assailant and the successful assailant of an administration on these very heads. 1883 Stubbs' Merc. Circular 26 Sept. 862/1 It is almost hopeless for a private member to get an opportunity of bringing on a Bill before half-past twelve. 1930 Times Educ. Suppl. 22 Nov. p. i/1 It will be necessary to further restrict the rights of private members of the House of Commons by use of what is known as ‘The Kangaroo Closure’. 1992 H. Robertson On Hill 7 Parliamentary secretaries, caucus officers, and up-and-coming MPs who have caught their leader's eye occupy the middle rows, all the rest are backbenchers or private members. Compounds private member's bill n. a bill introduced by a private member. ΘΚΠ society > law > [noun] > bill > general types of overture1561 bill of review1623 transmiss1764 personal bill1844 remanet1845 private member's bill1872 counter-bill1880 Bill of Rights1892 proposition1911 1872 Times 11 May 6/6 His Bill had passed through the House at those hours when private members' Bills only could pass. 1939 W. I. Jennings Parliament vii. 180 Many private members' Bills are ‘inspired’ by interests outside. 1973 Austral. Humanist 26 1/1 The victory of the Roman Catholic-dominated Right to Life Association over the McKenzie-Lamb private members Bill to provide abortions on request..will be seen by social historians of the future as pyrrhic. 2003 Independent 15 Apr. i. 9/2 Lord Joffe, who has introduced a private member's Bill allowing assisted suicide, said yesterday that a new law was inevitable, despite the lack of government support. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1606
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