how to pronounce posse

/ˈpɒs.i/

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posse is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of posse in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… sheriff and a posse of men on their way …”

meaning of posse

Posse is a group of people.

posse frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word posse occurs in english on average 1.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics posse can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that posse can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;

3) people, society, and culture;