
[Middle English creue, military reinforcement, from Old French, increase, from feminine past participle of creistre, to grow, from Latin crēscere.]
crewman crew'man n.
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| Crew Hill, Crewe, Crewe |
There are no passengers on spaceship earth. We are all crew.
— Marshall McLuhan (1911-1980).
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A crew is a body or a class of people who work at a common activity, generally in a structured or hierarchical organization. A location in which a crew works is called a crewyard or a workyard. The word has nautical resonances: the tasks involved in operating a ship, particularly a sailing ship, providing numerous specialities within a ship's crew, often organised with a chain of command. Traditional nautical usage strongly distinguishes officers from crew, though the two groups combined form the ship's company. Members of a crew are often referred to by the title "Crewman".
"Crew" also refers to the sport of rowing, where teams row competitively in racing shells.[1]
"Crew" is used colloquially to refer to a small, tight-knit group of friends or associates engaged in criminal activity. Also used in reference to the traditional "unit" of criminals under the supervision of a caporegime in the American Mafia. However, the term is not specific to (Mafia-affiliated) organized crime.
Crew can refer simply to a group of friends, unrelated to crime or violence.
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - mandskab, menig besætning, stab, arbejdsgruppe, slæng
v. tr. - bemande
v. intr. - være besætning, være besætningsmedlem
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Nederlands (Dutch)
bemanning, ploeg, gezelschap, bemannen
Français (French)
n. - (Aviat, Naut) équipage, équipe (d'aviron), bande (péj ou hum)
v. tr. - être membre de l'équipage de
v. intr. - (Naut) être l'équipier de qn
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Deutsch (German)
n. - Besatzung, Crew, Mannschaft, Bande
v. - die Besatzung sein von
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Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (ναυτ.) πλήρωμα (κν. τσούρμο), (μτφ.) πλήρωμα, προσωπικό (επάνδρωσης), περιστασιακή συντροφιά ή παρέα
v. - (καθομ.) επανδρώνω, ορίζω το πλήρωμα
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Italiano (Italian)
equipaggiare, equipaggio, squadra
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Português (Portuguese)
n. - tripulação (f), turma (f)
v. - prover de tripulação
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Русский (Russian)
обслуживать (судно), команда, бригада
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Español (Spanish)
n. - tripulación, dotación, equipo
v. tr. - tripular
v. intr. - tripular
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Svenska (Swedish)
n. - besättning, manskap, arbetslag, gäng (vard.)
v. - arbeta på båt mm
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
全体人员, 全体机员, 群众, 当船员或机务人员
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中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 全體人員, 全體機員, 群眾
v. intr. - 當船員或機務人員
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한국어 (Korean)
n. - 승무원, (공동 작업에 종사하는) 조, 패거리
v. tr. - 승무원으로서 일하다
v. intr. - 승무원으로서 일하다
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 乗組員, クルー, 一団, 仲間, チーム, 選手
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العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) طاقم السفينه أو الطائرة, فريق (فعل) عمل ضمن فريق
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - צוות
v. intr. - פעל כצוות
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