n. An accession; a reinforcement; a company of soldiers or others sent as a reinforcement, or on an expedition. See accrue, n.n. Any company of people; an assemblage; a crowd: nearly always in a derogatory or a humorous sense.n. Nautical: The company of seamen who man a ship, vessel, or boat; the seamen belonging to a vessel; specifically, the common sailors of a ship's company.n. The company or gang of a ship's carpenter, gunner, boatswain, etc.n. Any company or gang of laborers engaged upon a particular work, as the company of men (engineer, fireman, conductor, brakemen, etc.) who manage and run a railroad-train.n. Synonyms Band, party, herd, mob, horde, throng.n. An archaic preterit of crow.