posse
noun
[ ˈpɒsi ]
• a body of men summoned by a sheriff to enforce the law.
• a group of people who have a common characteristic or occupation.
• "tea was handed round by a posse of mothers"
Similar:
gang,
band,
group,
crowd,
pack,
horde,
herd,
throng,
mob,
swarm,
troop,
cluster,
company,
gathering,
bunch,
gaggle,
load,
Origin:
mid 17th century: from medieval Latin, literally ‘power’, from Latin posse ‘be able’.
