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 Aside from the usual cast of Trump-adjacent celebrities, including Kid Rock and UFC CEO Dana White, the posse at the fight was a who's-who of the figures the once and future president has picked to lead his administration - and which seats are still empty. Cy Neff, USA TODAY, 17 Nov. 2024 Kelly Bishop joins Shrinking as Harrison Ford's ex-wife in exclusive first look As a means of dealing with this, Sean picks a fight with a group of drunk guys at a bar later that night, then lets the posse beat him up without raising a single finger against them to defend himself. Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 6 Nov. 2024 The four of them remained sort of a posse of female senators who have supported one another. Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024 That summer at a raucous meeting in the Park District headquarters, next to the AC Nielsen Tennis Center, a posse of infuriated dog-park users spoke out. Ben Ryder Howe, Curbed, 7 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for posse 

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“Posse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/posse. Accessed 26 Jan. 2025.

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