pos‧se /ˈpɒsi $ ˈpɑːsi/
noun [countable][
Date: 1600-1700;
Language: Medieval Latin;
Origin: posse comitatus 'power of the county']
1. informal a group of the same kind of people
posse of
I was surrounded by a posse of photographers.2. a group of men gathered together by a
sheriff (=local law officer) in the US in past times to help catch a criminal
3. American English informal a) someone’s group of friends – used especially by young people
b) a group of friends from a particular place who share an interest in
rap,
HIP-HOP, or
house music
Synonym : massive British English [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲