crew1
• noun treated as sing. or pl. 1 a group of people who work on and operate a ship, boat, aircraft, or train. 2 such a group other than the officers. 3 informal, often derogatory a group of people. • verb 1 provide with a crew. 2 act as a member of a crew. — ORIGIN Old French creue ‘augmentation, increase’, from Latin crescere ‘grow’.
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