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    [Noun]  | "pos*se" | \ ˈpä-sē \


    1: a large group often with a common interest

    2: a body of persons summoned by a sheriff to assist in preserving the public peace usually in an emergency

    3: a group of people temporarily organized to make a search (as for a lost child)


    Origin: 1646 ;

     Medieval Latin posse comitatus, literally, power or authority of the county;

    [Noun]  | "posse" 


    1: a body of employees or servants who accompany and wait on a person;


      * e.g., " ... a popular teen and his ever-present posse of pals "



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     [ "posse" ]

    1: your crew, your hommies, a group of friends, people who may or may not have your back

      * e.g.,  ... me an' my posse gonna hang tonite 

     [ "posse" ]

    1: Your crew, gang, set, team or group of friends.

      * e.g.,  ... "Hey fool, you ain't nothing without your posse." 

     [ "posse" ]

    1: Originally, a group of people (especially in the Old West) banded together for purposes of law enforement (and harassing Indians). From <i>posse comitatus</i>, Latin for "power of the county". Posse Comitatus is also the name of various white supremacist organizations that have appeared in the US over the years.

      * e.g.,  ... He's got the posse after him because he killed a man. 

     [ "posse" ]

    1: Your homies, your peeps, the gang of friends you hang out with that make you powerful.

      * e.g.,  ... Yo I is here with the Princess of the Posse on my left. 

     [ "posse" ]

    1: A gang of armed men organized by the sheriff to aid in hunting down an outlaw, mostly in the Old West.

      * e.g.,  ... The outlaw ran away, so the sheriff called him a posse. 

     [ "posse" ]

    1: a group or gang that one hangs with

      * e.g.,  ... i'm haning with my posse 

     [ "posse" ]

    1: your group of friends who you tight with and who got your back around haters

      * e.g.,  ... "what you doin?" 

     [ "posse" ]

    1: my homies and amigos for life

      * e.g.,  ... c'mon posse, lets go 

     [ "posse" ]

    1: A group of freinds; gang; who go around with you and beat other people up and hang out

      * e.g.,  ... ima hang with my posse and beat on some gnagstas 

     [ "posse" ]

    1: A group of your closest friends, typically not belonging to any type of click

      * e.g.,  ... "I was just chillin with the posse when the woman comes in and just starts grabbin me!" 

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