Posse



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 民防团
• ［英］ n. 民防团 ( a group of men gathered together by a sheriff to help find a criminal or keep order)

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: Medieval Latin posse comitatus, literally, power or authority of the county
• Date: 1645
• 1. a large group often with a common interest
• 2. a body of persons summoned by a sheriff to assist in preserving the public peace usually in an emergency
• 3. a group of people temporarily organized to make a search (as for a lost child)
• 4. entourage 1

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