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crewer

crewer noun: a member of a crew, as on a ship or spacecraft.

Noun

crewer (plural crewers)

  1. (informal) A member of a crew, as on a ship or spacecraft
    • This part of the ship is for crewers only.2002, Timothy Zahn, Angelmass, →ISBN, page 24
  2. A person in charge of locating the technical crew for a media production
    • For much of the crew, a regional crewer will be contracted to provide camera operators, A2s, […]2006, Marc A. Krein, Sheree Martin, “60 Seconds to Air”, in Arthur A. Raney, Jennings Bryant, editors, Handbook of Sports and Media, →ISBN, page 271
  3. A competitive rower
    • […] we will begin cutting until we have 50 crewers left for the novice team.1999 September 22, Amy Bush, quoting Kristen Mermagen, “Women's crew looks for recruits”, in The Lantern, Columbus, Ohio: Ohio State University

Forms of crewer

pluralcrewers

Origin of crewer

From crew + -er.

Questions about crewer

What does crewer mean?
Crewer means a member of a crew, as on a ship or spacecraft.
What part of speech is crewer?
Crewer is a noun.
What is the plural of crewer?
The plural of crewer is crewers.

Words near crewer in the dictionary

  1. crewelled
  2. crewelling
  3. crewels
  4. crewelwork
  5. crewelworks
  6. crewer
  7. crewers
  8. crewes
  9. crewet
  10. crewets
  11. crewing

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