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Definitions for Posse

[1] posse comitatus.
[2] a body or force armed with legal authority.
[3] Slang . a group of friends or associates: hanging out with your posse; a posse of drug dealers.
[4] in possibility; potentially (contrasted with in esse).
[5] Also called: posse comitatus US the able-bodied men of a district assembled together and forming a group upon whom the sheriff may call for assistance in maintaining law and order
[6] law possibility (esp in the phrase in posse )
[7] slang a Jamaican street gang in the US
[8] informal a group of friends or associates
[9] possible; potential Compare in esse

Words related to Posse

detachment, band, throng, multitude, crowd, vigilante

Words nearby Posse

positronium, posole, posology, poss, poss., posse, posse comitatus, posser, possess, possessed, possessed by

Origin of Posse

1575–85; < Medieval Latin posse power, force, noun use of L infinitive: to be able, have power, equivalent to pot- (see potent1) + -se infinitive suffix

Word origin for Posse

in posseLatin, literally: in possibility

Synonyms for Posse

detachment, armed band, lynch mob, search party