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posse

[ pos-ee ]

noun

  1. a body or force armed with legal authority.
  2. Slang. a group of friends or associates:

    hanging out with your posse; a posse of drug dealers.



posse

/ 藞辫蓲蝉瑟 /

noun

  1. Also calledposse comitatus 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
  2. law possibility (esp in the phrase in posse )
  3. slang.
    a Jamaican street gang in the US
  4. informal.
    a group of friends or associates
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of posse1

First recorded in 1575鈥85; from Medieval Latin posse 鈥減ower, force,鈥 noun use of Latin infinitive: 鈥渢o be able, have power,鈥 contraction of potis 鈥渁ble鈥 + esse 鈥渢o be鈥; potent 1
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of posse1

C16: from Medieval Latin (n): power, strength, from Latin (vb): to be able, have power
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Elinor and her posse deserve more fulfilling lives, and with the help of canny Madame Restell, they manage to make their dreams come true on their own terms.

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He doesn't posses the game-breaking wonders of Graham, but he's a reliable and intelligent footballer.

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It鈥檚 hard to say which is the more appalling: the recklessness or the heartlessness with which Musk and his preternaturally powerful posse of 20-somethings are scything their way through Washington.

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In this, he shares a vision with his tech bro posse.

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The incoming commander in chief has surrounded himself with some of the nastiest witch-hunters alive, his personal posse of Roy Cohns, and there are plenty more where they came from.

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poss.posse comitatus