Stagehand vs. Crew

Stagehandnoun

A person who works behind the scenes at a theatre or in other theatrical media.

‘The actors get the glory, the spotlight and the name up in lights while it is the stagehands who point the spotlight, hang the name and change the light bulbs.’;

Crewnoun

A group of people together

Stagehandnoun

an employee of a theater who performs work involved in putting on a theatrical production

Crewnoun

(obsolete) Any company of people; an assemblage; a throng.

Stagehand

A stagehand is a person who works backstage or behind the scenes in theatres, film, television, or location performance. Their work include setting up the scenery, lights, sound, props, rigging, and special effects for a production.

Crewnoun

A group of people (often staff) manning and operating a large facility or piece of equipment such as a factory, ship, boat, airplane, or spacecraft.

‘If you need help, please contact a member of the crew.’; ‘The crews of the two ships got into a fight.’;

Crewnoun

A group of people working together on a task.

‘The crews competed to cut the most timber.’;

Crewnoun

(arts) The group of workers on a dramatic production who are not part of the cast.

‘There are a lot of carpenters in the crew!’; ‘The crews for different movies would all come down to the bar at night.’;

Crewnoun

A close group of friends.

‘I'd look out for that whole crew down at Jack's.’;

Crewnoun

A set of individuals lumped together by the speaker.

Crewnoun

(Scouting) A group of Rovers.

Crewnoun

A hip-hop group

Crewnoun

(rowing) A rowing team manning a single shell.

Crewnoun

A person in a crew

Crewnoun

(plural: crew) A member of the crew of a vessel or plant.

‘One crew died in the accident.’;

Crewnoun

A worker on a dramatic production who is not part of the cast.

‘There were three actors and six crew on the set.’;

Crewnoun

A member of a ship's company who is not an officer.

‘The officers and crew assembled on the deck.’; ‘There are quarters for three officers and five crew.’;

Crewnoun

The sport of competitive rowing.

Crewnoun

A pen for livestock such as chickens or pigs

Crewverb

To be a member of a vessel's crew

‘We crewed together on a fishing boat last year.’; ‘The ship was crewed by fifty sailors.’;

Crewverb

To be a member of a work or production crew

‘The film was crewed and directed by students.’;

Crewverb

To supply workers or sailors for a crew

Crewverb

(nautical) To do the proper work of a sailor

‘The crewing of the vessel before the crash was deficient.’;

Crewverb

(nautical) To take on, recruit (new) crew

Crewnoun

The Manx shearwater.

Crewnoun

A company of people associated together; an assemblage; a throng.

‘There a noble crewOf lords and ladies stood on every side.’; ‘Faithful to whom? to thy rebellious crew?’;

Crewnoun

The company of seamen who man a ship, vessel, or at; the company belonging to a vessel or a boat.

Crewnoun

In an extended sense, any small body of men associated for a purpose; a gang; as (Naut.), the carpenter's crew; the boatswain's crew.

Crew

imp. of Crow

Crewnoun

the men who man a ship or aircraft

Crewnoun

an organized group of workmen

Crewnoun

an informal body of friends;

‘he still hangs out with the same crowd’;

Crewnoun

the team of men manning a racing shell

Crewverb

serve as a crew member on

Crew

A crew is a body or a class of people who work at a common activity, generally in a structured or hierarchical organization. A location in which a crew works is called a crewyard or a workyard.