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The definition of boss
5 Definitions of: boss
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- noun, a person in charge of or employing others
- noun, a professional politician who controls a party machine or political organization, often using devious or illegal methods
- verb, to employ, supervise, or be in charge of
- verb, to be domineering or overbearing towards (others)
- adjective, slang excellent; fine
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- noun, a knob, stud, or other circular rounded protuberance, esp an ornamental one on a vault, a ceiling, or a shield
- noun, biology any of various protuberances or swellings in plants and animals
- noun, a) an area of increased thickness, usually cylindrical, that strengthens or provides room for a locating device on a shaft, hub of a wheel, etc b) a similar projection around a hole in a casting or fabricated component
- noun, an exposed rounded mass of igneous or metamorphic rock, esp the uppermost part of an underlying batholith
- verb, to ornament with bosses; emboss
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