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4 dictionary results for: Bosses
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boss 1       (bôs, bŏs)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
    1. An employer or a supervisor.
    2. One who makes decisions or exercises authority.
  2. A professional politician who controls a party or a political machine.

v.   bossed, boss·ing, boss·es

v.   tr.
  1. To supervise or control. See Synonyms at supervise.
  2. To give orders to, especially in an arrogant or domineering manner: bossing us around.

v.   intr.
To be or act as a supervisor or controlling element.

adj.   Slang
First-rate; topnotch.


[Dutch baas, master.]

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boss 2       (bôs, bŏs)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. A circular protuberance or knoblike swelling, as on the horns of certain animals.
  2. A raised area used as ornamentation.
  3. Architecture A raised ornament, such as one at the intersection of the ribs in a vaulted roof.
    1. An enlarged part of a shaft to which another shaft is coupled or to which a wheel or gear is keyed.
    2. A hub, especially of a propeller.

tr.v.   bossed, boss·ing, boss·es
To emboss.


[Middle English boce, from Old French.]

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boss 3       (bôs, bŏs)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   A cow or calf.


[Perhaps ultimately from Latin bōs; see bovine.]

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Bosses

the projecting parts of a shield (Job 15:26). The Hebrew word thus rendered means anything convex or arched, and hence the back, as of animals.

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