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What's The Definition Of Boss?
[n] ornament consisting of a circular rounded protuberance (as on a vault or shield or belt)
[n] a person responsible for hiring workers; "the boss hired three more men for the new job" [n] a person who exercises control and makes decisions; "he is his own boss now" [n] a person who exercises control over workers; "if you want to leave early you have to ask the foreman" [n] a leader in a political party who controls votes and dictates appointments; "party bosses have a reputation for corruption" [adj] (informal) exceptionally good; "a boss hand at carpentry"; "his brag cornfield" [v] raise in a relief; "embossed stationary" Synonyms | Synonyms for Boss: brag | chief | emboss | foreman | gaffer | hirer | honcho | party boss | political boss | rivet | stamp | stud | superior Related Terms | Find terms related to Boss: A per se | ace | ace-high | administrator | anaglyph | ascendant | at the head | auditor | bad | bang-up | bas-relief | Big Brother | big cheese | bilge | blain | bleb | blister | blob | boatswain | bonzer | bow | bubble | bulb | bulge | bulla | bully | bump | bunch | burl | but good | button | bwana | cacique | cahot | cameo | cameo glass | capital | cavo-rilievo | champion | chaperon | chase | chef | chief | chieftain | chine | church dignitary | clump | coarsen | cock | colophon | command | commander | commanding | comptroller | concavity | condyle | control | controller | controlling | convex | convexity | cool | corking | crackerjack | cut glass | dactylogram | dactylograph | dandy | dean | delicious | dent | dint | direct | director | dominant | dominate | domineer | dowel | ducky | ear | ecclesiarch | elder | emboss | embossment | employer | excrescence | fab | famous | fine | fine and dandy | fingerprint | first-rate | flange | flap | floor manager | floorman | floorwalker | footmark | footprint | footstep | foreman | fossil footprint | fugleman | gaffer | gall | ganger | gear | general | genius | glyph | glyptograph | gnarl | goodman | governing | governor | granulate | great | groovy | guru | handle | head | headman | heavy | hegemonic | hegemonistic | hierarch | high relief | higher-up | hill | himself | honcho | horripilate | hot | hump | hunch | hunky-dory | husband | ichnite | ichnolite | impress | impression | imprint | in ascendancy | in charge | in chief | in the ascendant | indent | indentation | indention | inspector | intaglio | intaglio rilevato | intaglio rilievo | jam-up | jog | joggle | just dandy | keen | keep in order | keynoter | kingpin | knob | knot | knur | knurl | laureate | leader | leading | liege | liege lord | lip | loop | lord | lord it over | lord paramount | low relief | lump | man higher up | manage | manager | managing director | marvy | mask | master | mean | medal | medallion | mole | monitor | mountain | neat | nevus | nifty | nobby | noncommissioned officer | nonpareil | nub | nubbin | nubble | OK | okay | order about | out of sight | overlook | overlord | overman | oversee | overseeing | overseer | owner | pad | padrone | papilloma | paragon | paramount | paterfamilias | patriarch | patron | paw print | pawmark | peachy | peachy-keen | peg | pimple | plaquette | policy maker | predominant | predominate | prepollent | preponderant | preponderate | prepotent | president | prevalent | prexy | principal | print | proctor | prodigy | proprietor | pug | pugmark | quarterback | rabbi | raise | regnant | regulating | regulative | regulatory | reigning | relief | relievo | rib | ride herd on | ridge | ring | ringleader | ripping | rough | rough up | roughen | ruler | ruling | rum | run | sachem | sahib | scrumptious | sculptured glass | seal | seigneur | seignior | senior | shoulder | sigil | signet | sirdar | slap-up | slave driver | smashing | solid | something else | sovereign | spiffing | spiffy | spine | stamp | stand over | standard-bearer | star | starets | step | straw boss | stud | stunning | style | subforeman | super | superintend | superintendent | superior | superman | superstar | supervise | supervising | supervisor | supervisory | supreme | survey | surveyor | swell | tab | take care of | take charge | taskmaster | teacher | the greatest | the most | thumbmark | thumbprint | top | top dog | tough | tubercle | tubercule | verruca | vesicle | vestige | virtuoso | visitor | wale | wart | welt | wizard See Also | assistant foreman | baas | block | decoration | employer | ganger | guvnor | impress | imprint | leader | nailhead | old man | ornament | ornamentation | pol | political leader | politician | politico | straw boss | supervisor Boss In Webster's Dictionary \Boss\ (b[o^]s; 115), n.; pl. {Bosses} (-[e^]z). [OE. boce,
bose, boche, OF. boce, boche, bosse, F. bosse, of G. origin;
cf. OHG. b[=o]zo tuft, bunch, OHG. b[=o]zan, MHG. b[^o]zen,
to beat. See {Beat}, and cf. {Botch} a swelling.]
1. Any protuberant part; a round, swelling part or body; a
knoblike process; as, a boss of wood.
2. 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. (Arch.) A projecting ornament placed at the intersection
of the ribs of ceilings, whether vaulted or flat, and in
other situations.
4. [Cf. D. bus box, Dan. b["o]sse.] 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. --Gwilt.
5. (Mech.)
(a) The enlarged part of a shaft, on which a wheel is
keyed, or at the end, where it is coupled to another.
(b) A swage or die used for shaping metals.
6. A head or reservoir of water. [Obs.]
\Boss\ (b[o^]s), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bossed} (b[o^]st); p. pr. & vb. n. {Bossing}.] [OE. bocen, fr. OF. bocier. See the preceding word.] To ornament with bosses; to stud. \Boss\, n. [D. baas master.] A master workman or superintendent; a director or manager; a political dictator. [Slang, U. S.] |
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