CREW

n.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

The Manx shearwater.

2.
n.

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.

3.
n.

The company of seamen who man a ship, vessel, or at; the company belonging to a vessel or a boat.

4.
n.

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.

5.
n.

imp. of Crow.


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