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- [pos-ee]
- /ˈpɒs i/
- /ˈpɒs.i/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [pos-ee]
- /ˈpɒs i/
Definitions of posse word
- noun posse posse comitatus. 1
- noun posse a body or force armed with legal authority. 1
- noun posse Slang. a group of friends or associates: hanging out with your posse; a posse of drug dealers. 1
- noun posse group sent to arrest sb 1
- noun posse gang of friends 1
- countable noun posse A posse of people is a group of people with the same job or purpose. 0
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Origin of posse
First appearance:
before 1575 One of the 34% oldest English words
1575-85; < Medieval Latin posse power, force, noun use of L infinitive: to be able, have power, equivalent to pot- (see potent1) + -se infinitive suffix
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Posse
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
posse popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 86% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
posse usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for posse
noun posse
- brigade — A brigade is one of the groups which an army is divided into.
- camarilla — a group of confidential advisers, esp formerly, to the Spanish kings; cabal
- clique — If you describe a group of people as a clique, you mean that they spend a lot of time together and seem unfriendly towards people who are not in the group.
- combo — A combo is a small group of musicians who play jazz, dance, or popular music.
- corps — A corps is a part of the army which has special duties.
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