Synonyms for posse
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : pos-ee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɒs i |
Définition of posse
Origin :- 1640s (in Anglo-Latin from early 14c.), shortening of posse comitatus "the force of the county" (1620s, in Anglo-Latin from late 13c.), from Medieval Latin posse "body of men, power," from Latin posse "have power, be able" (see potent) + comitatus "of the county," genitive of Late Latin word for "court palace" (see comitatus). Modern slang meaning "small gang" is probably from Western movies.
- noun vigilantes
- noun gang
- He had felt it before, when he watched the posse retreat with the body of Bill Dozier.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- Therefore, none of the posse would have a point-blank shot at him.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- The bullets of the posse had neither torn a tendon nor broken a bone.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- The posse would plunge ahead, and he could cut in toward Los Toros.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- Mali-ya-bwana and Simba set out with a posse of M'tela's men.
- Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
- I telephoned to the police there, just after you left, and they said they'd send out a posse.
- Extract from : « Tom Swift and his Electric Runabout » by Victor Appleton
- And if the sheriff looked for a request for a posse he was disappointed.
- Extract from : « When the West Was Young » by Frederick R. Bechdolt
- The posse deliberated briefly; 148 and then turned back for Tombstone.
- Extract from : « When the West Was Young » by Frederick R. Bechdolt
- He was after the man ahead, and, somewhere behind, a posse was in mad pursuit.
- Extract from : « The Coyote » by James Roberts
- “You said the best place to hide from a posse was in the middle of it,” he said scornfully.
- Extract from : « The Coyote » by James Roberts
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