POSSEMAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does posseman mean? 

• POSSEMAN (noun)
  The noun POSSEMAN has 1 sense:

1. an able-bodied man serving as a member of a posse

  Familiarity information: POSSEMAN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POSSEMAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An able-bodied man serving as a member of a posse

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("posseman" is a kind of...):

adult male; man (an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman))

Holonyms ("posseman" is a member of...):

posse; posse comitatus (a temporary police force)