krewen.

Brit.

/kruː/, U.S.

/kru/

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: English krewe , crew n.¹

Etymology: < krewe, archaizing variant of crew n.¹, in affected use in the names of such societies, apparently earliest in the name of the Mistick Krewe of Comus (see quot. 1857).

U.S.

An organization or association devoted to organizing and participating in parades and other events as part of a carnival, esp. Mardi Gras in New Orleans.

ΚΠ

1857 Daily Picayune (New Orleans) 23 Feb. 1/7 The ‘Mistick Krewe of Comus’. We have already acknowledged the receipt of invitations to attend the feats of this mysterious association.

1889 N.Y. Times 6 Mar. 1/5 The subject of the parade by the Krewe of Proteus was ‘The Hindoo Heavens’.

1911 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald 21 Oct. 7/1 The krewe's history as far as the karnival was concerned was an open book.

1964 Boys' Life Feb. 28/1 The parades started from ‘dens’..where members of the various krewes or Carnival clubs spent months designing and building their floats.

2010 D. Miller Prophecy xiii. 101 A group of partiers jostled him, scrambling for beads being tossed by masked krewe members.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	krewe
释义	krewen. Brit. /kruː/, U.S. /kru/ Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: English krewe , crew n.¹ Etymology: < krewe, archaizing variant of crew n.¹, in affected use in the names of such societies, apparently earliest in the name of the Mistick Krewe of Comus (see quot. 1857). U.S. An organization or association devoted to organizing and participating in parades and other events as part of a carnival, esp. Mardi Gras in New Orleans. ΚΠ 1857 Daily Picayune (New Orleans) 23 Feb. 1/7 The ‘Mistick Krewe of Comus’. We have already acknowledged the receipt of invitations to attend the feats of this mysterious association. 1889 N.Y. Times 6 Mar. 1/5 The subject of the parade by the Krewe of Proteus was ‘The Hindoo Heavens’. 1911 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald 21 Oct. 7/1 The krewe's history as far as the karnival was concerned was an open book. 1964 Boys' Life Feb. 28/1 The parades started from ‘dens’..where members of the various krewes or Carnival clubs spent months designing and building their floats. 2010 D. Miller Prophecy xiii. 101 A group of partiers jostled him, scrambling for beads being tossed by masked krewe members. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1857
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