Noun: boss
| Singular | boss |
| Plural | bosses |
Sample Sentences
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The boss of the company was going to Spain for work.
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Rule Number Two: Always treat the boss as if he's blind and stupid. [2000 February 5, Douglas Watkinson et al., “Beyond the Grave”, in Midsomer Murders:]
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We have some vindictive people as bosses, and you don’t want to be the target of their wrath. [2018 February 18, Dawn Pine, “Strategies for Dealing with a Bad Boss”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), archived from the original on 01 Oct 2020:]
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Chat turned to whisper when the boss entered the conference room.
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My boss complains that I'm always late to work.
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"Our Boss has resigned!" said Joe Chandler slowly, impressively.
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"No! Not the Commissioner o’ Police?" exclaimed Bunting. [1913, Marie Adelaide Belloc Lowndes, The Lodger:]
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They named him boss because he had good leadership skills.
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He is the Republican boss in Kentucky.
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Above all, she must not tell the boss of any little irregularity she may see. [1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 5:]
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There's no olive oil; will sunflower oil do? — I'll have to run that by the boss.
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Good to see you, boss.
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Cuphead built a reputation for difficulty before release, but its boss battles are mostly about recognizing patterns than getting lucky against unfair bosses. Watching players ace their way through the game’s bosses is a spellbinding reminder that even tough games can be defeated easily with hard work. [2017 October 2, Heather Alexandra, “Cuphead Player Beats Bosses Without Taking A Single Hit”, in Kotaku, archived from the original on 18 Feb 2018:]
Nouns inflected like boss
penniless-bench,
wintergrass,
kitchen pass,
grey fox,
grey box,
trailer hitch,
paleness,
loaded march,
Tush Push,
horribleness,
slaughteress,
chapparvovirus,
greenwax,
royal flush,
crab cactus,
geostress,
syngas,
wintercress,
ichthys,
ichthus, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *bʰā-
3. Proto-Germanic *bō-?
4. Proto-Germanic *baswô
5. Proto-West Germanic *baswō
6. Old Dutch *baso
7. Middle Dutch baes
8. Dutch baasbor.
9. English boss
10. Borrowed 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”).
11. 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.
12. The video game sense is borrowed from Japanese ボス (bosu), borrowed from English boss. See: Dutch Nouns '
baas', English Nouns '
boss'.
Verbs referencing "boss"
English Nouns
boss, French Nouns
boss, Norwegian Bokmål Nouns
boss, Swedish Nouns
boss, Ukrainian Nouns
бос, Russian Nouns
босс, German Nouns
Boss.