noun
- A person who exercises control over workers.
- usage: "if you want to leave early you have to ask the foreman"
- A person responsible for hiring workers.
- usage: "the boss hired three more men for the new job"
- synonyms: hirer
- A person who exercises control and makes decisions.
- usage: "he is his own boss now"
- A leader in a political party who controls votes and dictates appointments.
- usage: "party bosses have a reputation for corruption"
- synonyms: party boss, political boss
- A circular rounded projection or protuberance.
- synonyms: knob
verb
adjective
- Exceptionally good.
- usage: "a boss hand at carpentry"; "his brag cornfield"
- synonyms: brag
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