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 Definitions of Boss  [ɒs, bɔs]  

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Definition of 'Boss' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) boss
a person who employs or superintends workers; foreperson or manager.

2.  boss
a politician who controls the party organization.

3.  boss
a person who makes decisions, exercises authority, etc.

4. (v.t.) boss
to be master of or over; direct; control.

5.  boss
to order about, esp. in an arrogant manner.

6. (v.i.) boss
to be boss.

7.  boss
to be too domineering and authoritative.

8. (adj.) boss
chief; master.

9.  boss
Slang. first-rate.

10. (n.) boss
a knoblike mass on the body or on some organ of an animal or plant.

11.  boss
an ornamental protuberance of metal, ivory, etc.; stud.

12.  boss
an ornamental, knoblike architectural projection.

13. (v.t.) boss
to ornament with bosses.

14. (n.) boss
a familiar name for a calf or cow.

Etymology:  (1790–1800, Amer.; cf. dial. (SW England) borse, boss, buss six-month-old calf)

Definition of 'Boss' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) foreman, chief, gaffer, honcho, boss
a person who exercises control over workers
"if you want to leave early you have to ask the foreman"

2. (noun) boss, hirer
a person responsible for hiring workers
"the boss hired three more men for the new job"

3. (noun) boss
a person who exercises control and makes decisions
"he is his own boss now"

4. (noun) party boss, political boss, boss
a leader in a political party who controls votes and dictates appointments
"party bosses have a reputation for corruption"

5. (adj) knob, boss
a circular rounded projection or protuberance

6. (verb) boss, brag
exceptionally good
"a boss hand at carpentry"; "his brag cornfield"

7. (verb) emboss, boss, stamp
raise in a relief
"embossed stationery"


Definition of 'Boss' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) boss
a person in charge at work
Ask your boss for a raise.

2. (verb) boss
to continuously tell sb what to do
***Stop bossing everyone around.


Definition of 'Boss' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Boss
any protuberant part; a round, swelling part or body; a knoblike process; as, a boss of wood

2. (noun) Boss
a protuberant ornament on any work, either of different material from that of the work or of the same, as upon a buckler or bridle; a stud; a knob; the central projection of a shield. See Umbilicus

3. (noun) Boss
a projecting ornament placed at the intersection of the ribs of ceilings, whether vaulted or flat, and in other situations

4. (noun) Boss
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

5. (noun) Boss
the enlarged part of a shaft, on which a wheel is keyed, or at the end, where it is coupled to another

6. (noun) Boss
a swage or die used for shaping metals

7. (noun) Boss
a head or reservoir of water

8. (noun) Boss
a master workman or superintendent; a director or manager; a political dictator

9. (verb) Boss
to ornament with bosses; to stud


Translation of 'Boss' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: the master or manager
the boss of the factory.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: baas, bestuurder Arabic flag Arabic: رِئيس دَيْر Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: шеф
Brazilian flag Brazilian: patrão Czech flag Czech: šéf German flag German: der Chef
Danish flag Danish: chef; boss Greek flag Greek: προϊστάμενος, αφεντικό Spanish flag Spanish: jefe
Estonian flag Estonian: boss, peremees Farsi flag Farsi: رئیس؛ مدیر Finnish flag Finnish: pomo
French flag French: patron/-onne Hebrew flag Hebrew: בּוֹס Hindi flag Hindi: बॉस
Croatian flag Croatian: gazda Hungarian flag Hungarian: főnök, tulaj Indonesian flag Indonesian: majikan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: verkstjóri, yfirmaður Italian flag Italian: capo, padrone Japanese flag Japanese: ボス
Korean flag Korean: 우두머리 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: šeimininkas, vadovas, vir Latvian flag Latvian: saimnieks; uzņēmējs; meis
Malay flag Malay: ketua besar Dutch flag Dutch: baas Norwegian flag Norwegian: sjef, (daglig) leder, pam
Polish flag Polish: szef Persian flag Persian: رئیس؛ مدیر Pashto flag Pashto: ریس ، مدیر
Portuguese flag Portuguese: patrão Romanian flag Romanian: şef, patron Russian flag Russian: начальник
Slovak flag Slovak: šéf Slovenian flag Slovenian: šef Serbian flag Serbian: šef
Swedish flag Swedish: chef, bas, boss Thai flag Thai: เจ้านาย Turkish flag Turkish: patron,âmir
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 老闆 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: хазяїн; господар Urdu flag Urdu: حاکم ، مالک ، بڑا افسر
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: ông chủ; thủ trưởng Chinese flag Chinese: 老板

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