A companion, comrade, mate, partner; whether male or female; †rarely in combination with a noun, as meat-, play-, school-, sucking-fere: see those…

A band, body, or company (of persons). Now only as transferred from 2 or 3.

gen. A gathering of people, a company; a band, a gang; a set. Also figurative.

A group of people gathered or assembled together; a company, a troop; a gathering, a crowd. Obsolete.

A number of individuals assembled or associated together; a body of people or animals, a group; a band or party, esp. (in early use) a band of…

A group of fellows, peers, companions, or followers; a company. Also in early use as a mass noun: a person's companions or followers collectively…

A number of persons confederate together, a confederacy, company, band. Obsolete.

A troop, squadron (of soldiers); rarely a company (of travellers).

A troop or company of men. Obsolete. rare.

A group of fellows, companions, or other associated persons; a company.

gen. An organized company or collection, a band (of persons, or figuratively of things); sometimes with the idea of rhythmical motion or regular…

A body of people gathered; a force raised, esp. in insurrection or revolt. See also to make a head at phrases 4k(b). Obsolete.

A band, company, troop, esp. of warriors in close array.

A company of people, esp. one formed temporarily to engage in a shared activity such as travel or sport. Cf. hunting-party n. at hunting, n.…

In singular. Persons in relation to an individual, or individuals, to whom or with whom they belong… The subjects of a king or any other ruler…

A company; spec. the company of the twelve apostles; cf. 3b. Obsolete.

humorous. an abominable of monks: a crowd of monks. Cf. abomination, n. 5. Obsolete. rare.

A group of people with a common purpose or function acting as an organized unit, as for deliberation, government, or business; a society…

A company or band of singers, a choir. (? Or simply ‘assembly, company’ as in Godefroy ‘assemblée, cercle, réunion’.) Obsolete.

An organized company; a troop. Said of armed men, also of robbers, assassins, etc.

Companionship, company.

Fellowship, company.

A collective body of colleagues, a company. (Cf. college, n. 1 2) Obsolete.

A group or aggregate of individuals characterized by some common attribute and united, or regarded as united, in one body or organized whole. Obsolete…

A body of persons. Sometimes figurative from 1, ‘body’ as opposed to ‘members’. Obsolete.

A band, company, ‘crew’; = choir, n. 6.

A small group of people; a company. Also figurative. Now rare.

A number of persons gathered together in association; a company.

A set (of persons); a band, a faction. Obsolete.

A number of people consorting together; a fellowship, partnership, company. Obsolete.

A number of persons (or things) collected together; a party, company, band.

A class of persons; a fraternity, set, lot. Now often contemptuous.

A comparatively large group or number of people, etc.; an organized body of persons. Also const. of.

figurative. A collection, ‘lot’. Also, a company or group of persons.

A body of people, a company. (Chiefly Scottish) in core: ‘in company, together’ (Jamieson).

? A flock (of geese).

figurative. A group of people (originally women; cf. sense A. 1a) belonging to or working for a person. In later use chiefly: a collection of…

A company or ‘crew’ of people. Obsolete.

A (usually small) company, squad, set, or group of people acting together. Also in extended use.

figurative. A company, band; esp. of persons united in defence of a common cause.

A group of people gathered together; a company, a party; (now usually) a number of people associated in some way by the speaker or writer. Chiefly…

gen. A body or company of persons associated in a common organization, or acting under a common direction. Cf. core, n.2

Party, set. for the good of the loo: ‘for the benefit of the company or community’ (Grose Dict. Vulg. Tongue 1785). Obsolete.

A particular set or circle of people.

Human fellowship; community of feeling between people, as fellow members of the human race. Also: a group of people united in such fellowship…

= companionship, n. (esp. in sense 1d).

A company, band, troop; esp. a company of players, dancers, or the like.

transferred. Originally U.S. A company; ‘set’, ‘lot’. colloquial.

A group of companions; a body of associated people or things.

A number of people who are classified together on the basis of certain shared characteristics; each of a number of categories or divisions of…

Originally: family, class, set, or lot, esp. in that ilk. Subsequently, in extended use and with other premodifiers: kind, sort.

A display. A party, set (of people), company.

A number of persons associated in some way; a set, party, gang (of persons); a family. (Often in a depreciatory sense.) U.S. colloquial or dialect.

loosely. Body, fraternity, clan.

colloquial. In extended use. depreciative. A group of people. Obsolete. rare.

A group or gang of persons; = crowd, n.3 2c; spec. a body of troops; a unit of a regiment. slang (originally U.S.).

A couple or group identified to its members by the word ‘we’; two or more people forming a unit.

A group of people united by a shared profession or way of life; esp. a clerical or monastic household.

colloquial (chiefly British, originally Military slang). A worthless or contemptible group or crowd of people. Also occasionally without depreciative…