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boss🔊

A person who oversees and directs the work of others; a supervisor.

A person in charge of a business or company.

📑 Synonyms: 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.

📑 Synonyms: leader

(Philippines) {{non-gloss|A term of address to a man, especially a customer, but also sometimes to a friend or acquaintance of equal standing.}}

(video games) (video games) An enemy, often at the end of a level, that is particularly challenging and must be beaten in order to progress.

📑 Synonyms: guardian

(humorous) Wife. {{rfv-sense|en}}

To exercise authoritative control over; to tell (someone) what to do, often repeatedly.

📑 Synonyms: lord over boss around

(Liverpool) Of excellent quality, first-rate.

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.

(prominence or projection on an object) (mechanics) A protrusion; frequently a cylinder of material that extends beyond a hole.

(architectural element) A knob or projection, usually at the intersection of ribs in a vault.

(architecture) A roughly cut stone set in place for later carving.

(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.

A head or reservoir of water.

To decorate with bosses; to emboss.

(obsolete) A hassock or small seat, especially made from a bundle of straw.