Meaning of crew in English

1. Pronunciation

   /kru/

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1. Verb

   crew

   Definitions

   1. serve as a crew member on

2. Noun

   crew

   Etymology

   late Middle English: from Old French creue‘augmentation, increase’, feminine past participle of croistre‘grow’, from Latin crescere. The original sense was ‘band of soldiers serving as reinforcements’; hence it came to denote any organized armed band or, generally, a company of people (late 16th century)

   Definitions

   1. the men who man a ship or aircraft
3. 2. an organized group of workmen
4. 3. an informal body of friends

   Examples

   • « he still hangs out with the same crowd »
5. 4. the team of men manning a racing shell