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krewe
(kro̅o̅),USA pronunciation n.
- (esp. in New Orleans) a private social club that sponsors balls, parades, etc., as part of the Mardi Gras festivities.
- generalized from the Mistick Krewe of Comus, the first such club, founded in New Orleans in 1857 archaizing or fanciful spelling, spelled of crew1