posse
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6.8
- noun
- /ˈpɑːseɪ/
- Slang
:
pandilla
- MARTIN: Like any American kid, Omer likes to hang out at the mall where his posse all know him.
- a posse member
- a posse of friends
- the whole posse
Joined by my crew, my posse, my gang.
- Joined by my crew, my posse, my gang.
- And so her her posse moves slowly through the room.
- They were like the posse A-Team, you know, and they spoke.
- Oh, came up in here with his posse.
- Of course, Vinny, Drew, Anna, Joey, thank you guys for being our production posse.
- But then you get an attachment to such and such on Little Jay, and you start really having respect and love for the posse.
- I went I went back to Atlanta and I was at the trap museum TI shit and I seen your picture in there and I'm like that's my nigga posse.
Examples
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Being a part of the posse was the most real thing that had ever happened to me.
Fiction book (1997) -
We all followed the hunter at a trot—the crowd of us like a posse: men, women, and children.
Fiction book (1995) -
Joined by my crew, my posse, my gang.
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The other three members of his posse smile and slap hands.
Fiction book (1999) -
I'm trying to raise a posse here, if you don't mind.
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He's got a huge posse and his following reveres him.
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Basil and his posse move through the maze of dungeons.
Fiction book (1999) -
Byron felt more at ease surrounded by his close-knit posse of friends.
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We formed a posse to help each other through the challenges ahead.
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During the festival, my posse and I stuck together to enjoy the activities.
Synonyms
58
6.2
A group of people who travel with and help an important person, like assistants and guards
57
2.0
A group of people who follow the same leader
5
8.7
A small closed group of people who share the same interest
A small group of friends who regularly hang out together
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Etymology
Posse later took a more casual meaning from the same original posse 'to be able'. A helpful way to remember this is to think of a group that can 'do things together', so posse now often means a close group of friends who support someone.