Definition of "krewe" []

• New Orleans Any of several groups with hereditary membership whose members organize and participate as costumed paraders in the annual Mardi Gras carnival: "They . . . watched a parade of bands and New Orleans-style floats run by krewes throwing necklaces of colored beads” ( Robert Reinhold). See Regional Note at beignet. (noun)

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• "Early Gasparilla parades featured a "krewe" - social club members in full pirate regalia - arriving on horseback and "capturing" the city."
• "Early Gasparilla parades featured a "krewe" - high-society social club members in full pirate regalia - arriving on horseback and "capturing" the city."
• "We are a team, a company, maybe even what the asura call a krewe."