CREW

see: crow II. noun see: crescent Date: 15th century a band or force of armed men, 2. a group of people associated together in a common activity or by common traits or interests, gang 1b(2), 3. a company of people working on one job or under one foreman or operating a machine, the whole company belonging to a ship sometimes including the officers and master, the persons who have duties on an aircraft in flight, the rowers and coxswain of a racing shell, ~less adjective III. verb Date: 1935 intransitive verb to act as a member of a ~, transitive verb to serve as a ~ member on (as a ship or aircraft)