posse
posse is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.See Posse comitatus. In posse. See In posse in the Vocabulary.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- accessible
- achievable
- administration
- administrative
- admit
- aedile
- agreement
- alguazil
- and
- anything
- are
- arm
- attainable
- authority
- bailiff
- bailiwick
- barely
- beadle
- bear
- bearer
- bedel
- bureau
- but
- catchpoll
- causidical
- chance
- commission
- compatibility
- compatible
- conceivable
- constable
- constabulary
- contingency
- contingent
- cop
- coroner
- corporation
- credible
- customhouse
- department
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is posse.
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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