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Boss   /bɑs/  /bɔs/   Listen
Boss

noun
(pl. bosses)
1.
A person who exercises control over workers.  Synonyms: chief, foreman, gaffer, honcho.
2.
A person responsible for hiring workers.  Synonym: hirer.
3.
A person who exercises control and makes decisions.
4.
A leader in a political party who controls votes and dictates appointments.  Synonyms: party boss, political boss.
5.
A circular rounded projection or protuberance.  Synonym: knob.
verb
(past & past part. bossed; pres. part. bossing)
1.
Raise in a relief.  Synonyms: emboss, stamp.
adjective
1.
Exceptionally good.  Synonym: brag.  "His brag cornfield"



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"Boss" Quotes from Famous Books



... in the mornings and sometimes up till late at night, but Errington's a rattling good 'boss' and very often gives me an 'afternoon out.' That's why I'm here now. I'm off duty and Miss de Gervais told me I might come to tea whenever I'm free. You see"—confidentially—"I've very few ...
— The Splendid Folly • Margaret Pedler
... sent for the singer and asked him where he had learned his songs. His answer was, "Boss, I made 'em up myself." To this I answered, "Quite likely, some of them; but not 'The Seven Glories of Mary.'" He thought a moment, and then said, "Yes, boss, you 're right; dat song I brought down from ...
— Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White Volume II • Andrew Dickson White
... now study and play. His tomb was burned in the Great Fire and his ashes scattered, but the very streets preserve his name. Boas Alley, of which there are two, records the fact that Whittington brought a conduit or Boss of fresh water to this spot. It was he who paved Guildhall, he who built a hall for the Grey Friars, now the Blue Coat School, he who rebuilt Newgate; of all the merchants who have adorned the great City not one ...
— As We Are and As We May Be • Sir Walter Besant
... beggarly Boche! Turn 'round, an' take me to the boss av this job!"—but, as the prisoner did no more than flinch, he called back: "Jeb, order this outcast to halt, whilst ye ...
— Where the Souls of Men are Calling • Credo Harris
... must tell you how I enjoy YOUNG PEOPLE. My good uncle Henry takes it for me. I must tell about my pet geese. Their names are Boss and Susan. They are very gentle, and as smart as they can be. I have a puppy named Bang-up. My grandpa named him. I am six years old, and my mamma is writing this ...
— Harper's Young People, March 23, 1880 - An Illustrated Weekly • Various


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