boss

  • 41Boss & Co. — Infobox Company company name = Boss Co. company company type = Gunmaker company slogan = foundation = 1812 location = London, England key people = industry = Firearms products = Firearms revenue = operating income = net income = num employees =… …

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  • 42Boss — Geschäftsherr; Prinzipal (veraltet); Leiter; hohes Tier (umgangssprachlich); Superior; Vorgesetzter; Chef; Dienstherr; Dienstvorgesetzter * * * Boss [b …

    Universal-Lexikon

  • 43boss — boss1 [ bɔs, bas ] noun count *** 1. ) the person who is in charge of you at work: I ll ask my boss if I can have a day off next week. a ) MAINLY JOURNALISM someone with a powerful position in an organization: the local Communist Party boss in… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 44boss — I UK [bɒs] / US [bɔs] / US [bɑs] noun [countable] Word forms boss : singular boss plural bosses *** 1) the person who is in charge of you at work I ll ask my boss if I can have a day off next week. a) mainly journalism someone with a powerful… …

    English dictionary

  • 45boss — English has two words boss, of which the more familiar is far more recent; both are fairly obscure in origin. We know that boss ‘chief’ [19] comes from Dutch baas ‘master’ (it was introduced to American English by Dutch botany 70 settlers), but… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 46boss — 1 noun (C) 1 the person who employs you or who is in charge of you at work: I ll have to ask my boss for a day off. | be your own boss (=work for yourself rather than being employed by someone else) 2 informal a manager with an important position …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 47boss — I. /bɒs / (say bos) noun 1. someone who employs or superintends workers; a foreperson or manager. 2. anyone who asserts command over others. 3. a. (a term of address to a foreperson, etc.) b. Colloquial (a humorous term of address to someone seen …

  • 48boss — English has two words boss, of which the more familiar is far more recent; both are fairly obscure in origin. We know that boss ‘chief’ [19] comes from Dutch baas ‘master’ (it was introduced to American English by Dutch settlers), but where Dutch …

    Word origins

  • 49Boss of Me — Infobox Album | Name = Boss of Me Type = EP Artist = They Might Be Giants Released = July 16, 2001 Recorded = Genre = Alternative rock, Ska Length = Label = Restless Records Producer = Reviews = Last album = Working Undercover for the Man (2000)… …

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  • 50boss — {{11}}boss (n.1) overseer, 1640s, Amer.Eng., from Du. baas a master, M.Du. baes, of obscure origin. If original sense was uncle, perhaps it is related to O.H.G. basa aunt, but some sources discount this theory. The Dutch form baas is attested in… …

    Etymology dictionary