A body of persons united for a common purpose, as political ascendency.
A social company.
A small detachment, as of soldiers.
Divided into parts or of different parties.
Is she going to have a children's party- is that it? – A Christmas Posy by Mary Louisa Stewart Molesworth
Such was the party. – Night and Morning, Volume 3 by Edward Bulwer Lytton
" We don't like to think of it," said one of the party. – The Adventures of a Three-Guinea Watch by Talbot Baines Reed