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boss obss bsos sbos osbs sobs boss obss bsos sbos osbs sobs bsso sbso bsso sbso ssbo ssbo ossb sosb ossb sosb ssob ssob

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Definitions and meaning of boss

boss

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation): IPA^(key): /bɒs/
• (General American): IPA^(key): /bɔs/
• (cot–caught merger, Canada): IPA^(key): /bɑs/
• Rhymes: -ɒs, -ɔːs

Etymology 1

From Dutch baas, from Middle Dutch baes (“master of a household, friend”), from Old Dutch *baso (“uncle, kinsman”), from Proto-West Germanic *baswō, from Proto-Germanic *baswô (“uncle”), perhaps from Proto-Germanic *ba-, *bō- (“father, older male relative”), source also of the English terms babe, boy, bub, bully. Cognate with Middle Low German bās (“supervisor, foreman”), Old Frisian bas (“master”), hence Saterland Frisian Boas (“boss”), Old High German basa (“father's sister, cousin”), hence German Base (“aunt, cousin”).

Originally a term of respect used to address an older relative. Later, in New Amsterdam, it began to mean a person in charge who is not a master. The representation of Dutch -aa- by English -o- is due to the older unrounded pronunciation of this letter, which is still used in North America and parts of Ireland, but was formerly found in some British accents as well.

The video game sense is borrowed from Japanese ボス (bosu), in turn from English boss.

Noun

boss (plural bosses)

1. A person who oversees and directs the work of others; a supervisor.
   • February 18, 2018, Dawn Pine, Strategies for Dealing with a Bad Boss

     we have some vindictive people as bosses, and you don’t want to be the target of their wrath.

2. A person in charge of a business or company.

   Synonym: employer

3. A leader, the head of an organized group or team.

   Synonyms: head, leader

4. The head of a political party in a given region or district.

   Synonym: leader

5. (informal, especially India, MLE and Philippines) A term of address to a man.

7. (video games) An enemy, often at the end of a level, that is particularly challenging and must be beaten in order to progress.

   Synonym: guardian

8. (humorous) Wife.

Synonyms

• (person who oversees and directs the work of others): line manager, manager, supervisor
• (informal: term of address to a man): gov/guv (UK), guvnor (UK), mate (UK)
• See also Thesaurus:boss

Derived terms

Descendants

• → Cantonese: 波士 (bo¹ si^6-2)
• → Danish: boss
• → French: boss
• → Indonesian: bos
• → Italian: boss
• → Japanese: ボス (bosu)
• → Korean: 보스 (boseu)

Translations

Verb

boss (third-person singular simple present bosses, present participle bossing, simple past and past participle bossed)

1. (transitive) To exercise authoritative control over; to tell (someone) what to do, often repeatedly.

   Synonyms: lord over, boss around

   • 1931, Robert L. May, Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer, Montgomery Ward (publisher):

     By YOU last night’s journey was actually bossed / Without you, I’m certain, we’d all have been lost.

Derived terms

• boss about, boss around, overboss

Translations

Adjective

boss (not comparable)

1. (slang, US, Canada, Liverpool) Of excellent quality, first-rate.

Etymology 2

From Middle English bos, bose, boce, from Old French boce (“lump, bulge, protuberance, knot”), from Frankish *bottja, from Proto-Germanic *bautaną (“to hit, strike, beat”). Doublet of beat; see there for more.

Noun

boss (plural bosses)

1. A swelling, lump or protuberance in an animal, person or object.

   Coordinate term: tuberosity

   1. (geology) A lump-like mass of rock, especially one projecting through a stratum of different rock.
   2. A convex protuberance in hammered work, especially the rounded projection in the centre of a shield.
   3. (mechanics) A protrusion, frequently a cylinder of material that extends beyond a hole.
   4. (architecture) A knob or projection, usually at the intersection of ribs in a vault.
2. (archery) A target block, made of foam but historically made of hay bales, to which a target face is attached.
3. A wooden vessel for the mortar used in tiling or masonry, hung by a hook from the laths, or from the rounds of a ladder.
4. A head or reservoir of water.

Derived terms

• bosslike
• emboss

Translations

Verb

boss (third-person singular simple present bosses, present participle bossing, simple past and past participle bossed)

1. (transitive) To decorate with bosses; to emboss.

Translations

Etymology 3

Apparently a corruption of bass.

Noun

boss (plural bosses)

1. (obsolete) A hassock or small seat, especially made from a bundle of straw.

Synonyms

• (hassock or footrest): footrest, hassock

Translations

Anagrams

• BSOs, SOBs, sobs

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English boss.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔs/

Noun

boss m or f by sense (plural boss or bosses)

1. boss (leader)
2. (video games) boss

Further reading

• “boss”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English boss.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔs/
• Rhymes: -ɔs
• Hyphenation: bòss

Noun

boss m (invariable)

1. boss (leader of a business, company or criminal organization)

   Synonym: capo

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from English boss.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔs/

Noun

boss m (plural bossijiet)

1. boss

Related terms

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• bøss

Noun

boss n (definite singular bosset, uncountable)

1. garbage, rubbish, trash (leftover waste to be discarded)

Usage notes

Used mainly in the Bergen region.

Etymology 2

Noun

boss m (definite singular bossen, indefinite plural bosser, definite plural bossene)

1. (colloquial) boss, supervisor (someone who oversees work)
2. boss (final enemy in a video game)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔsː/

Noun

boss n (definite singular bosset, uncountable)

1. alternative form of bos

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English boss, from Dutch baas, from Middle Dutch baes, from Old Dutch *baso, from Proto-Germanic *baswô.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔs/
• Rhymes: -ɔs
• Syllabification: boss

Noun

boss m pers

1. (colloquial) boss (supervisor)

   Synonyms: szef, zwierzchnik

2. (video games) boss (enemy in a video game)

Declension

Further reading

• boss in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• boss in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English boss.

Pronunciation

Noun

boss m (plural boss or bosses)

1. (video games) boss

   Synonyms: chefe, chefão

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English boss.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bos/

Noun

boss m (plural boși)

1. boss

   Synonym: șef

Declension

Further reading

• boss in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English boss.

Noun

boss c

1. (video games) boss; final enemy
2. (colloquial) boss, supervisor; someone who oversees work

   Synonym: chef

Declension

Hyponyms

• (video games): mellanboss (“miniboss”), miniboss (“miniboss”), nivåboss (“level boss”), slutboss (“final boss”)

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbos/, [ˈbos]

Noun

boss (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜐ᜔)

1. Alternative spelling of bos

Source: wiktionary.org