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motley crews

motley crews is the plural of motley crew.

Meaning of motley crew

Noun

motley crew (plural motley crews)

  1. A group of people of mixed background, especially one with a common goal.
    • Away they marched from the rocky region and miserable village where they were posted, a motley crew of Christians and Infidels, Catholics, Greeks, and adorers of the Prophet, all mingled together, to go and attack the holy city, and compel the governor to come to their terms, and supply them with...1830, John Carne, “Arab Chief—Syrian Physician—Adventures of a London Merchant”, in Recollections of Travels in the East; […], London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 100

Questions about motley crews

What is motley crews the plural of?
Motley crews is the plural of motley crew.

Words near motley crews in the dictionary

  1. Motlav
  2. Motles
  3. motley
  4. Motley County
  5. motley crew
  6. motley crews
  7. motley fool
  8. motley fools
  9. motley iron
  10. motleyed
  11. motleyer

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