member at large. The member of a board of trustees, board of directors or other body, who represents the interests of the general membership, especially related to issues outside of the board’s usual purview. Segen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.

: relating to or being a political representative who is elected to serve an entire area rather than one of its subdivisions an at-large city councilor an at-large election First Known Use of at-large

Qualisoy has elected its board members for the coming year, including Chairman Dennis Byron (VP of crop product development, Pioneer); Vice Chairman Victor Bohuslavsky (executive director, Nebraska Soybean Board); Secretary-Treasurer John Jansen (VP, product & process development, Bunge); Member-at-Large Ken Dalenberg (director, United Soybean Board); and CEO John …

At-large is a description for members of a governing body who are elected or appointed to represent a whole membership or population (notably a city, county, state, province, nation, club or association), rather than a subset. In multi-hierarchical bodies the term rarely extends to a tier beneath the highest division. A contrast is implied, with certain electoral districts or narrower …

phrase. 1 (especially of a criminal or dangerous animal) at liberty; escaped or not yet captured. ‘The prosecution are entitled to raise it and it is their duty to do so rather than allow a dangerous person to be at large.’.