The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word MEMBERS
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What does MEMBERS mean?
MEMBERS noun- One who officially belongs to a group.
- A part of a whole.
- Part of an animal capable of performing a distinct office; an organ; a limb.
- The penis.
- One of the propositions making up a syllogism.
- An element of a set.
- A function or piece of data associated with each separate instance of a class.
- The judge or adjudicator in a consumer court.
- A part of a discourse or of a period, sentence, or verse; a clause.
- Either of the two parts of an algebraic equation, connected by the equality sign.
- A file stored within an archive file.