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
27 May 2025
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, the seeds of berries from certain Coffea species. When coffee berries turn from green to bright red – indicating ripeness – they are picked, processed, and dried. Dried coffee seeds are roasted to varying degrees, depending on the desired flavor.
