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a body of employees or servants who accompany and wait on a person
- a popular teen and his ever-present posse of pals
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“Posse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/posse. Accessed 27 Sep. 2021.
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The first known use of posse was in 1645
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