crum

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proper noun

A surname.

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Meanings

crum1

nouncrum (countable and uncountable, plural crums)

plural crums

  1. countableobsoleteuncountableObsolete form of crumb.

    The servants, especially the cook, were obliged every day to prepare a dish full of sweet milk, with crums of wheaten bread, and place it upon his little table; and it was soon after eaten up clean.

    1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume II, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 47

Crum2

proper nounCrum (plural Crums)

plural Crums · alternative Crumm

  1. A surname.

Origin

* As an Irish and Scottish surname, from McCrum. * As a German, Dutch, and Jewish surname, from Krom.

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APA

crum. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crum

MLA

“crum.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crum. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “crum,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crum.

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