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krewes

krewes is the plural of krewe.

Meaning of krewe

Noun

krewe (plural krewes)

  1. A private organization in New Orleans or elsewhere that exists to stage a Mardi Gras Ball, Mardi Gras Parade, or both.
    • In 2004, as captain of the Rex krewe — one of the more progressive Mardi Gras organizations — Billy made a hesitant approach, too little and too late, trying to get to know Tootie Montana.2009 February 22, Thomas Mallon, “Storyville”, in New York Times

Questions about krewes

What is krewes the plural of?
Krewes is the plural of krewe.

Words near krewes in the dictionary

  1. Krevin
  2. Krevinian
  3. Krevyakinskian
  4. Krew
  5. krewe
  6. krewes
  7. Krewson
  8. Krewsons
  9. Krey
  10. Kreye
  11. Kreyol

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Adapted from Wiktionary: krewes (page history and authors); krewe (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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