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Added 1 October 2026

crew

/kɹuː/ noun

Latin root: crescere Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about crew at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A group of people together Any company of people; an assemblage; a throng. A group of people (often staff) manning and operating a large facility or piece of equipment such as a factory, ship, boat, airplane, or spacecraft.
If you need help, please contact a member of the crew.
Any company of people; an assemblage; a throng.
A group of people (often staff) manning and operating a large facility or piece of equipment such as a factory, ship, boat, airplane, or spacecraft.
If you need help, please contact a member of the crew.

verb

To be a member of a vessel's crew.
We crewed together on a fishing boat last year.
To be a member of a work or production crew.
The film was crewed and directed by students.
To supply workers or sailors for a crew.

verb

simple past of crow (“make the characteristic sound of a rooster”).
It was still dark when the cock crew.

noun

A pen for livestock such as chickens or pigs

Origin

From Middle English crue, from Old French creue (“an increase, recruit, military reinforcement”), the feminine past participle of creistre (“grow”), from Latin crescere (“to arise, grow”).

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