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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024pos•se /ˈpɑsi/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Lawa group of people brought together legally to assist a sheriff in an emergency:In Westerns the posse rides off after the bank robbers.
- Slang Termsa group of people associated in some fashion:a posse of drug dealers.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pos•se (pos′ē),USA pronunciation n. - LawSee posse comitatus.
- Lawa body or force armed with legal authority.
- Medieval Latin posse power, force, noun, nominal use of Latin infinitive: to be able, have power, equivalent. to pot- (see potent) + -se infinitive suffix
- 1575–85
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: posse /ˈpɒsɪ/ n
Also called: posse comitatus US the able-bodied men of a district assembled together and forming a group upon whom the sheriff may call for assistance in maintaining law and order- possibility (esp in the phrase in posse)
- slang a Jamaican street gang in the US
- informal a group of friends or associates
Etymology: 16th Century: from Medieval Latin (n): power, strength, from Latin (vb): to be able, have power |