in+posse

  • 51Posse in Effect — Infobox Single Name = Posse In Effect Artist = Beastie Boys from Album = Licensed to Ill A side = No Sleep Till Brooklyn Released = 1987 Format = Recorded = Spring 1986 Genre = Hip hop Rap rock Length = 2:27 Label = Def Jam/Columbia Records… …

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  • 52Posse, die — Die Posse, plur. die n, Diminut. das Pößchen, Oberdeutsch Pößlein, eine scherzhafte Geberde, oder Rede, welche bloß zur niedrigen Belustigung dienet; daher dieses Wort jetzt allemahl in einem nachtheiligen Verstande gebraucht wird, dagegen es… …

    Grammatisch-kritisches Wörterbuch der Hochdeutschen Mundart

  • 53posse — pos|se [ˈpɔsi US ˈpa:si] n [Date: 1600 1700; : Medieval Latin; Origin: posse comitatus power of the county ] 1.) informal a group of the same kind of people posse of ▪ I was surrounded by a posse of photographers. 2.) a group of men gathered… …

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  • 54posse — UK [ˈpɒsɪ] / US [ˈpɑsɪ] noun [countable] Word forms posse : singular posse plural posses 1) American informal in the past, a group of ordinary men gathered together by a law officer to search for a criminal 2) a group of people who are together… …

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  • 55Posse — Possen »derber Streich, Unfug«: Das Substantiv ist seit dem 15. Jh. (spätmhd. possen) bezeugt, zuerst als Bezeichnung für verschiedene reliefartige und figürliche Bildwerke an Bauwerken (wie Brunnen und dgl.), dann insbesondere für das… …

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  • 56posse — /pos ee/, n. 1. See posse comitatus. 2. a body or force armed with legal authority. [1575 85; < ML posse power, force, n. use of L inf.: to be able, have power, equiv. to pot (see POTENT) + se inf. suffix] * * * …

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  • 57Posse — Burleske, Komödie, Lustspiel; (ugs. abwertend): Klamotte; (veraltet): Possenspiel; (Literaturwiss.): Farce, Schwank. * * * Posse,die:⇨Lustspiel Posse 1.Lustspiel,Komödie,Schwank,Burleske,Farce,Possenspiel;abwertend:Klamotte 2.Pl.→Scherz …

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  • 58posse — pos·se s.f.inv. ES ingl. {{wmetafile0}} gruppo musicale che esegue brani rap o ragamuffin {{line}} {{/line}} DATA: 1991. ETIMO: ingl. posse propr. gruppo di persone, spec. armate , dal lat. posse 1potere …

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  • 59posse —    (PAH see) [Latin] An armed force; a group of men having, or presuming to have, legal authority.    See also posse comitatus.    The posse was an important institution in American frontier life …

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  • 60posse — [ pɒsi] noun 1》 N. Amer. historical a body of men summoned by a sheriff to enforce the law. 2》 (also posse comitatus ˌkɒmɪ teɪtəs) Brit. historical the body of men above the age of fifteen in a county, whom the sheriff could summon to repress a&#8230; …

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