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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a temporary police force;
[syn: posse, posse comitatus]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Posse \Pos"se\, n. See Posse comitatus. [1913 Webster] In posse. See In posse in the Vocabulary. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

posse n 1: a temporary police force [syn: posse, posse comitatus]