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Crew

Crew Meaning & Definition
Crew Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Crew?

[n] an organized group of workmen
[n] the men who man a ship or aircraft
[n] the team of men manning a racing shell
[n] an informal body of friends; "he still hangs out with the same crowd"
[v] serve as a crew member on

Synonyms | Synonyms for Crew: bunch | crowd | gang | work party

Related Terms | Find terms related to Crew: aerial photographer | age group | aggregation | aircrew | aircrewman | assembly | avigator | band | battalion | belly gunner | bevy | body | bombardier | brigade | bunch | cabal | cadre | camarilla | cast | cell | charmed circle | circle | clan | clique | closed circle | cluster | cohort | collection | company | complement | congregation | contingent | corps | coterie | covey | crew chief | crowd | detachment | detail | division | eight | eleven | elite | elite group | employees | faction | first string | first team | five | fleet | flight attendant | flight crew | force | gang | group | grouping | groupment | gunner | help | hired help | hostess | ingroup | in-group | inner circle | junta | junto | machine gunner | men | meteorologist | mob | movement | navigator | nine | outfit | out-group | pack | party | peer group | personnel | phalanx | platoon | posse | regiment | reserves | retinue | ring | rowing crew | salon | second string | second team | servantry | set | squad | stable | staff | steward | stewardess | string | team | the help | third string | tribe | troop | troupe | varsity | we-group | wing

See Also | aircrew | assemblage | chain gang | company | copilot | crew member | crewman | detail | gathering | ground crew | ground-service crew | hands | man | manpower | men | merchant marine | road gang | section gang | ship's company | social unit | squad | stage crew | submariner | team | unit | work force | workforce

Crew In Webster's Dictionary

\Crew\ (kr?), n. (Zo["o]l.) The Manx shearwater.
\Crew\ (kr?), n. [From older accrue accession, re?n?orcement, hence, company, crew; the first syllable being misunderstood as the indefinite article. See {Accrue}, {Crescent}.] 1. A company of people associated together; an assemblage; a throng. There a noble crew Of lords and ladies stood on every side. --Spenser. Faithful to whom? to thy rebellious crew? --Milton. 2. The company of seamen who man a ship, vessel, or at; the company belonging to a vessel or a boat. Note: The word crew, in law, is ordinarily used as equivalent to ship's company, including master and other officers. When the master and other officers are excluded, the context always shows it. --Story. Burrill. 3. In an extended sense, any small body of men associated for a purpose; a gang; as (Naut.), the carpenter's crew; the boatswain's crew. Syn: Company; band; gang; horde; mob; herd; throng; party.
\Crew\ (kr?), imp. of {Crow}.

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