Plural of posse
regular plural
The plural of posse is posses.
Forms of posse
| Singular | posse /ˈpɒs.i/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | posses |
| Countable | countable |
Posses in a sentence
- Jamaican posses can be traced back to the Jamaican neighborhoods, and posse names correspond to the names of each neighborhood in which the gangs operate.1997, Michael D. Lyman, Organized Crime, Prentice Hall, page 287
- Yet, he seemed to posses a blessed soul that radiated divinity.2012, Balraj Krishna, Great Indians: Surendranath Banerjea to Gandhi, →ISBN. From the entry lion-heartedness
- The drug busts turn all of us into finger pointers and posses.2004 August 23, George Vecsey, “Sports of The Times: Another Effect of Drug Use”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York…. From the entry finger pointer
- The five now aflight from Massacre Canyon would have posses beating the bush for them.1964, Allan Vaughan Elston, chapter 12, in The Landseekers,, Philadelphia: Lippincott, page 121. From the entry aflight
- Half of the 24 societies without such kinship gropus posses active ancestral spirits.1960, Guy E. Swanson, The Birth of the Gods: The Origin of Primitive Beliefs, page 103. From the entry ancestral
Meaning of posse
- noun A group or company of people, originally especially one having hostile intent; a throng, a crowd.
- noun A group of people summoned to help law enforcement.
- noun A search party.
Questions about the plural of posse
- What is the plural of posse?
- The plural of posse is posses.
- Is posse countable?
- Posse is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: posse (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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