possenoun [ C, + sing/pl verb ]
uk/ˈpɒs.i/us/ˈpɑː.si/a group of people who have come together for the same purpose:
The disgraced minister walked swiftly from the car to his house pursued by a whole posse of reporters.
in the past, a group of men in the US who were brought together to catch a criminal:
The sheriff rounded up a posse and went after the bank robbers.
slang a group of friends:
I was hanging with my posse.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Groups of people
- alliance
- an
- assemblage
- band
- bee
- corps
- crop
- galaxy
- gang
- ginger group
- group
- grouping
- quarter
- stable
- threesome
- throng
- tribe
- triumvirate
- vintage
- wing
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