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posse

noun

ˈpä-sē

Definition of posse

as in entourage

a body of employees or servants who accompany and wait on a person a popular teen and his ever-present posse of pals

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Recent Examples of posse The star partied with his model girlfriend Vittoria Ceretti and a posse of ten pals at hot spots including Casa Jondal. — Richard Johnson, New York Daily News, 9 Aug. 2026 There’s a dining room to seat 16, if that’s the size of your posse. — Catherine Dunwoody, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026 The fact that there isn’t any adult supervision in the form of a driver has led to plenty of debaucherous behavior, from incessant smoking and adult activities to posses of teens hanging out of the windows of moving Waymos. — Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 8 July 2026 Gardner thanked her New York glam posse in a post on Saturday. — Kansas City Star, 4 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for posse

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entourage

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Party unity Burnham entered 10 Downing Street with a sizeable entourage of supporters, having secured the backing of 379 out of 403 Labour MPs.

— Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2026
Brunson plays a rapper justifying paying everyone in his entourage to his accountant (Padilla).

— Rima Parikh, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2026

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