posse, posse comitatus
(noun) a temporary police force
Source: WordNet® 3.1
posse (plural posses)
A group or company of people, originally especially one having hostile intent; a throng, a crowd. [from 17th c.]
(now, historical, in later use chiefly, US) A group of people summoned to help law enforcement. [from 17th c.]
Coordinate term: vigilante
(US) A search party.
(US, Jamaica, slang) A criminal gang. [from 20th c.]
(colloquial) A group of (especially young) people seen as constituting a peer group or band of associates; a gang, a group of friends. [from 20th c.]
• ESOPs, pesos, poses, s'pose, sopes, speos, spose
Source: Wiktionary
Pos"se, n.
Definition: See Posse comitatus. In posse. See In posse in the Vocabulary.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 June 2025
(noun) large South American evergreen tree trifoliate leaves and drupes with nutlike seeds used as food and a source of cooking oil
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
