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Posse

🔄 Synonyms of "Posse"

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Word	Definition
posse comitatusnoun	(historical) The able-bodied men over 15 in a given county who can be summoned by the sheriff to help keep the peace, or arrest a felon; also a group of men so gathered.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Posse"

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Word	Definition
posse comitatusnoun	(historical) The able-bodied men over 15 in a given county who can be summoned by the sheriff to help keep the peace, or arrest a felon; also a group of men so gathered.
crewnoun	A group of people (often staff) manning and operating a large facility or piece of equipment such as a factory, ship, boat, airplane, or spacecraft.
escortnoun	An accompanying person in a social gathering, etc.
troopnoun	(chiefly in the plural) A group of soldiers; military forces.
comitatusnoun	(historical) A group of warriors or nobles accompanying a king or other leader.
militianoun	An army of trained civilians, which may be an official reserve army, called upon in time of need, the entire able-bodied population of a state which may also be called upon, or a private force not under government control.
secondmentnoun	The process or state of being seconded, the temporary transfer of a person from their normal duty to another assignment.
platoonnoun	(military) A unit of thirty to forty soldiers typically commanded by a lieutenant and forming part of a company.
companynoun	(law) An entity having legal personality, and thus able to own property and to sue and be sued in its own name; a corporation.
bunchnoun	A group of similar things, either growing together, or in a cluster or clump, usually fastened together.
possessionnoun	Something that is owned.
ownershipnoun	The state of having complete legal control of something; possession; proprietorship.
gangnoun	A criminal group with a common cultural background and identifying features, often associated with a particular section of a city.
mobnoun	A large or disorderly group of people; especially one bent on riotous or destructive action.
dispatchnoun	(transitive) To send (a shipment) with promptness.
postingnoun	The action of the verb to post.
mennoun	(collective, dated, fantasy) (The) people, humanity, man(kind).
expeditionnoun	A trip, especially a long one, made by a person or a group of people for a specific purpose.
clannoun	(anthropology) A group of people all descended from a common ancestor, in fact or belief, especially when the exact genealogies are not known.
detachmentnoun	(uncountable) Indifference to the concerns of others; disregard; nonchalance; aloofness.