posse
Meaning of posse
noun
- a body of men summoned by a sheriff to enforce the law.
- a group of people who have a common characteristic or occupation.
tea was handed round by a posse of mothers
mid 17th century: from medieval Latin, literally ‘power’, from Latin posse ‘be able’.
Information about posse
- It is a name.
- The plural form of posse is: posses.
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Hyphenation of posse
posse
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- posse is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
posse synonyms
Meaning an organized group of criminals:
Meaning a flat, thin strip or loop of material, used as a fastener, for reinforcement, or as decoration:
Meaning a number of people or things that are located, gathered, or classed together:
Meaning a group of people who are linked by a common interest or activity:
Meaning a small cardboard or paper container and the items contained within it:
Meaning a large group of people:
Meaning a large group of animals, especially hoofed mammals, that live together or are kept together as livestock:
Meaning a large, densely packed crowd of people or animals:
Meaning a large crowd of people, especially one that is disorderly and intent on causing trouble or violence:
Meaning a large or dense group of flying insects:
Meaning a group of people or animals of a particular kind:
Meaning a group of similar things or people positioned or occurring closely together:
Meaning the person or group of people whose society one is currently sharing:
Meaning an assembly or meeting, especially one held for a specific purpose:
Meaning a number of things, typically of the same kind, growing or fastened together:
Meaning a flock of geese:
Meaning a heavy or bulky thing that is being carried or is about to be carried:
Anagrams of posse
Words that rhyme with posse
osse, cosse, reredosse, Fosse, fosse, Gosse, gosse, Kosse, Losse, klosse, molosse, Crosse, Grosse, LaCrosse, Lacrosse, Rosse, antilacrosse, brosse, carosse, crosse, grosse, lacrosse, prolacrosse, anstosse
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