posse
noun/ˈpɒsi/
/ˈpɑːsi/
- (informal) a group of people who are similar in some way, or who spend time together
- a little posse of helpers
- He was sat at a corner table and surrounded by a posse of attentive waiters.
- She arrived at the theatre followed by the usual press posse.
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- (in the US in the past) a group of people who were brought together by a sheriff (= an officer of the law) in order to help him catch a criminal
- (informal) a group of young men involved in crime connected with drugs
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from medieval Latin, literally ‘power’, from Latin posse ‘be able’.
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