Definitions
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- noun Ireland
Power ,authority .
Etymologies
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From Anglo-Norman pousté, Old French poesté, posté et al., from (the stem of) Latin potestās ("power").
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Examples
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But say at ye like, I s 'uphaud Ma'colm again' the haill poustie o 'ye.
The Marquis of Lossie George MacDonald 1864
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