Krewe Definition

kro͝o
noun
One of the groups with hereditary membership whose members organize and participate as costumed paraders in the annual Mardi Gras carnival.
American Heritage
A private organization in New Orleans that exists to stage a Mardi Gras Ball, Mardi Gras Parade, or both.
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Other Word Forms of Krewe

Noun

Singular:
krewe
Plural:
krewes

Origin of Krewe

  • Alteration of crew

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From crew

    From Wiktionary

Krewe Sentence Examples

  • If you are a member of a krewe, you will usually make your own mask.

  • The idea caught fire and the Krewe exists to this day.

  • This could be dangerous, so the anonymity created by the masks was crucial and allowed the krewe members to mock others as they liked without fear of recognition.

  • The year 1857 saw the debut of the Mistick Krewe of Comus, dressed in highly theatrical costume that was a representation of "The Demon Actors in Milton's Paradise Lost."

  • Comus, Rex, Krewe of Proteus and Knights of Momus were highly secret and no one ever saw behind their masks.

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