Posse (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. posse comitatus.
  2. a body or force armed with legal authority.
  3. a group of friends or associates: hanging out with your posse; a posse of drug dealers.
noun
  1. 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
  2. possibility (esp in the phrase in posse)
  3. a Jamaican street gang in the US
  4. a group of friends or associates
Posse (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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