Simple Definition of posse
: a group of people who were gathered together by a sheriff in the past to help search for a criminal
: a group of people who are together for a particular purpose
: a group of friends
Full Definition of posse
1 : a large group often with a common interest
2 : a body of persons summoned by a sheriff to assist in preserving the public peace usually in an emergency
3 : a group of people temporarily organized to make a search (as for a lost child)
4 : entourage 1
Examples of posse
The sheriff and his posse rode out to look for the bandits.
I went to the game with my posse.
Origin of posse
Medieval Latin posse comitatus, literally, power or authority of the county
First Known Use: 1645
POSSE Defined for Kids
Definition of posse
: a group of people gathered together to make a search and especially in the past to search for a criminal
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