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boss
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation): IPA(key): /b?s/
- (General American): IPA(key): /b?s/
- (cot–caught merger, Canada): IPA(key): /b?s/
- Rhymes: -?s, -??s
Etymology 1
From Dutch baas, from Middle Dutch baes (“master of a household, friend”), from Old Dutch *baso (“uncle, kinsman”), from Proto-Germanic *baswô, masculine form of Proto-Germanic *basw? (“father's sister, aunt, cousin”). Cognate with Middle Low German b?s (“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 ?? (bosu).
Noun
boss (plural bosses)
- 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.
- February 18, 2018, Dawn Pine, Strategies for Dealing with a Bad Boss
- A person in charge of a business or company.
- Synonym: employer
- A leader, the head of an organized group or team.
- Synonyms: head, leader
- The head of a political party in a given region or district.
- Synonym: leader
- (informal, especially India and MLE) A term of address to a man.
- (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
- (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
- ? Japanese: ?? (bosu)
- ? Indonesian: bos
Translations
Verb
boss (third-person singular simple present bosses, present participle bossing, simple past and past participle bossed)
- (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.
- 1932, Lorine Pruette, The Parent and the Happy Child, page 76
- His sisters bossed him and spoiled him. All their lives he was to go on being their little brother, who could do no wrong, because he was the baby; [...]
- 1967, Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, The purloined paperweight, page 90
- She bossed him, and he's never gotten over it. She still orders him around, and instead of telling her to go soak her head, he just says 'Yes, ma'am' as weak as a newborn jellyfish [...]
- 1980, Jean Toomer The wayward and the seeking: a collection of writings by Jean Toomer, page 40
- For if, on the one hand, I bossed him and showed him what to do and how to do it, [...]
Derived terms
- boss about, boss around, overboss
Translations
Adjective
boss (not comparable)
- (slang, US, Canada, Liverpudlian) 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 *bautan? (“to hit, strike, beat”). Doublet of beat; see there for more.
Noun
boss (plural bosses)
- A swelling, lump or protuberance in an animal, person or object.
- (geology) A lump-like mass of rock, especially one projecting through a stratum of different rock.
- A convex protuberance in hammered work, especially the rounded projection in the centre of a shield.
- (mechanics) A protrusion, frequently a cylinder of material that extends beyond a hole.
- 1985, Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian, chapter IV
- The seargent ... screwing a bipod into the threaded boss on the underside of the barrel would kill these animals ...
- 1985, Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian, chapter IV
- (architecture) A knob or projection, usually at the intersection of ribs in a vault.
- (archery) A target block, made of foam but historically made of hay bales, to which a target face is attached.
- 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.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Gwilt to this entry?)
- 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)
- (transitive) To decorate with bosses; to emboss.
Etymology 3
Apparently a corruption of bass.
Noun
boss (plural bosses)
- (obsolete) A hassock or small seat, especially made from a bundle of straw.
- 1916, James Joyce, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Macmillan Press Ltd, paperback, 36:
- All were waiting : uncle Charles, who sat far away in the shadow of the window, Dante and Mr Casey, who sat in the easy chairs at either side of the hearth, Stephen, seated on a chair between them, his feet resting on a toasting boss.
- 1916, James Joyce, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Macmillan Press Ltd, paperback, 36:
Synonyms
- (hassock or footrest): footrest, hassock
Translations
Anagrams
- BSOs, SOBs, sobs
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English boss.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b?s/
Noun
boss m or f (plural boss or bosses)
- boss (leader)
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English boss.
Noun
boss m (invariable)
- boss (leader of a business, company or criminal organization)
- Synonym: capo
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
Alternative forms
- bøss
Noun
boss n (definite singular bosset, uncountable)
- 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)
- (colloquial) boss, supervisor (someone who oversees work)
- boss (final enemy in a video game)
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b?s?/ (example of pronunciation)
Noun
boss n (definite singular bosset, uncountable)
- alternative form of bos
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from English boss.
Noun
boss c
- (video games) boss; final enemy
- (colloquial) boss, supervisor; someone who oversees work
- Synonym: chef
Declension
Tagalog
Etymology
From English boss.
Noun
boss
- (colloquial, slang, informal) A male term of address.
- (colloquial, slang, informal) boss
Derived terms
- bosing
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jefe
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish jefe (“leader, boss”). Doublet of chief.
Noun
jefe (plural jefes)
- (US, informal) An officer with political influence; a head or chief in government, such as a sheriff, particularly where that person is Hispanic or of Mexican descent.
- 1887, Hubert Howe Bancroft, History of Central America, page 153, History Company
- Antonio Rivera Cabezas was chosen vice-jefe in March 1830.
- 1898, Southern Pacific Company Passenger Department, Sunset, Sunset Magazines Inc. (1912), pages 313-314
- before he stepped forward uttering the stereotyped greeting, the Texan had put him down as the jefe or head man....
- Snatching up the rifle he lit out after the jefe, who had left two jumps ahead of the smoke.
- 1900, United States War Department, Annual Reports of the War Department, U.S. Government Printing Office
- Hilario Saño, a suspect, resident here but much doubted by the jefe local, was put to the test
- 1887, Hubert Howe Bancroft, History of Central America, page 153, History Company
- (US) A boss in a business, company, or other organization.
- 1982 January, George Durham, Taming the Nueces Strip: The Story of McNelly's Rangers, page 120, University of Texas Press
- “They ain’t going to deliver the cattle across.... They’ve taken too much of a beating as it is. They’ve lost their big jefe and lots of men.”
- 1998 June, Thomas Miller Klubock, Contested communities: Class, Gender, and Politics in Chile's El Teniente Copper Mine, 1904-1948, page 147, Duke University Press
- When they were slacking off in the mine, for example, and a jefe arrived unexpectedly, they shouted loro (parrot) or fuego (fire) as warning signals.
- 2004 December, Jeffrey Harris Cohen, The Culture of Migration in Southern Mexico, University of Texas Press
- A jefe in this sense is a mentor, a person who is often a compadre of the migrant.... In any case, a jefe is not a loan shark
- 2005 May, Monica Rico, EMails that Go Nowhere, Google Mail.
- A jefe in this sense refers to a true boss, the leader of the household, also known as Jose Rico.
- 1982 January, George Durham, Taming the Nueces Strip: The Story of McNelly's Rangers, page 120, University of Texas Press
Translations
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:jefe.
Spanish
Alternative forms
- gefe (obsolete)
- xefe (pre-1815)
Etymology
From Old Spanish xefe, from Old French chief, from Latin caput. Compare Portuguese chefe. Doublet of cabo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?xefe/, [?xe.fe]
Noun
jefe m (plural jefes, feminine jefa, feminine plural jefas)
- chief; president; head; leader of a business, political party, or other organization
- Synonym: superior
- boss; supervisor; manager
- (military) colonel; major; rank between captain and general
- (heraldry) chief
- (video games) boss
- (colloquial, Mexico) dad, father
Antonyms
- subalterno m
- subordinado m
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- ? English: jefe
- ? Cebuano: hepe
See also
- sargento m
- coronel m
- general m
- director m
- supervisor m
Anagrams
- feje m
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