posses
Meaning of posses
plural 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 posses
- It is a name.
- The singular form of posses is: posse.
- Languages in which posses is used:
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Hyphenation of posses
posses
- It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
- posses is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
posses 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:
Words that rhyme with posses
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