boss
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From Dutch baas, from Middle Dutch baes (“master of a household, friend”), from Old Dutch *baso (“uncle, kinsman”), from Proto-West Germanic *baswō, from Proto-Germanic *baswô (“uncle”), perhaps from Proto-Germanic *ba-, *bō- (“father, older male relative”), source also of the English terms babe, boy, bub, bully. Cognate with Middle Low German bās (“supervisor, foreman”), Old Frisian bas (“master”), hence Saterland Frisian Boas (“boss”), Old High German basa (“father's sister, cousin”), hence German Base (“aunt, cousin”). Originally a term of respect used to address an older relative. Later, in New Amsterdam, it began to mean a person in charge who is not a master. The representation of Dutch -aa- by English -o- is due to the older unrounded pronunciation of this letter, which is still used in North America and parts of Ireland, but was formerly found in some British accents as well. The video game sense is borrowed from Japanese ボス (bosu), in turn from English boss.
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boss (third-person singular simple present bosses, present participle bossing, simple past and past participle bossed)
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boss (comparative bosser, superlative bossest)
From Middle English bos, bose, boce, from Old French boce (“lump, bulge, protuberance, knot”), from Frankish *bottja, from Proto-Germanic *bautaną (“to hit, strike, beat”). Doublet of beat; see there for more.
boss (plural bosses)
boss (third-person singular simple present bosses, present participle bossing, simple past and past participle bossed)
Apparently a corruption of bass.
boss (plural bosses)
boss m or f by sense (plural boss or bosses)
Unadapted borrowing from English boss.
boss m (invariable)
boss m (plural bossijiet)
boss n (definite singular bosset, uncountable)
Used mainly in the Bergen region.
boss m (definite singular bossen, indefinite plural bosser, definite plural bossene)
boss n (definite singular bosset, uncountable)
Unadapted borrowing from English boss, from Dutch baas, from Middle Dutch baes, from Old Dutch *baso, from Proto-Germanic *baswô.
boss m pers
Unadapted borrowing from English boss.
Unadapted borrowing from English boss.
boss m (plural boși)
boss c
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singular | indefinite | boss | boss |
definite | bossen | bossens | |
plural | indefinite | bossar | bossars |
definite | bossarna | bossarnas |
boss (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜐ᜔)
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