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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
boss1
 
PRONUNCIATION:  bôs, bs
NOUN:1a. An employer or a supervisor. b. One who makes decisions or exercises authority. 2. A professional politician who controls a party or a political machine.
VERB:Inflected forms: bossed, boss·ing, boss·es
TRANSITIVE VERB:1. To supervise or control. See synonyms at supervise. 2. To give orders to, especially in an arrogant or domineering manner: bossing us around.
INTRANSITIVE VERB: To be or act as a supervisor or controlling element.
ADJECTIVE: Slang First-rate; topnotch.
ETYMOLOGY:Dutch baas, master.
 
 
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