posseman
has definitions from the field of law
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[ noun ] (law) an able-bodied man serving as a member of a posse
Used in print (Jim Berry Pearson, The Maxwell Land Grant....)The officer demanded the names of the injured men ; the Mexicans not_only refused to give them , but told the possemen if they wanted a fight they could have it . The sheriff and District_Attorney_Mills hastily swore_out a number of warrants against men who had been riding about armed , according_to signed statements by Chavez and Dr._I._P._George , and ordered Deputy_Barney_Clark of Raton to rescue the posseman . |
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