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==Common nouns== |
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* [[Boss (architecture)]], a protruding stone, often decoratively carved |
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* The hub of a [[propeller]] |
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Revision as of 18:41, 26 September 2011
Look up boss in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Boss may refer to:
Persons with the surname Boss
- Hugo Boss (fashion designer) (1885–1948)
- Isaac Boss (born 1980), Irish rugby union player
- Kevin Boss (born 1984), American football tight end
- Lewis Boss (1846–1912), American astronomer
- Marcellus Boss (1901–1967), 5th Civilian Governor of Guam
- Terry Boss (born 1981), Puerto Rican association football goalkeeper
Common nouns
JEFF WINIARSKI
- Boss (architecture), a protruding stone, often decoratively carved
- The hub of a propeller
- Boss (crater), a lunar crater
- Boss (engineering), an engineering term for a protrusion type feature
- The Boss (roller coaster), a wooden roller coaster at Six Flags St. Louis
- Boss (soft drink), a brand of coffee-flavored beverages
- Shield boss, the domed metal centre to a shield
- A series of modified Ford engines used for NASCAR racing, including:
- "Boss", nickname of the robot that won the 2007 DARPA Grand Challenge
- "Boss of The Plains", nickname of the Stetson wide-brimmed Western hat
Entertainment
- The Boss, a 1911 Broadway play by Edward Sheldon, starring Holbrook Blinn and Emily Stevens
- The Boss (1915 film), a 1915 silent film starring Holbrook Blinn and Alice Brady based on the play by Edward Sheldon
- Boss (video gaming), a particularly powerful enemy or opponent in a video game
- Boss (Australian band), a 1980s Australian hard rock band
- The Boss (band), a South Korean boyband
- Boss (French band), a group of French rappers founded by Joey Starr
- Boss (Magik Markers album)
- Boss (rapper) (born 1969), female rapper
- Il Boss, a 1973 Italian movie
- The Boss, a 1956 film starring John Payne
- The Boss (album), a 1979 album by Diana Ross
- "The Boss" (Diana Ross song), a 2008 song from that album
- The Boss (Jimmy Smith album)
- The Boss (film), a 1956 film
- Boss (TV series), a Starz television series scheduled to being airing in October 2011
- Boss, I Love You, also known as Boss, a 2006 Telugu-language film
- Sivaji (film), a 2007 Indian film starring Rajinikanth, whose tagline is "The Boss"
- "The Boss" (Sivaji song), a song from its soundtrack
- "The Boss", a 1973 song by James Brown from the soundtrack to the film Black Caesar
- Boss (2011 film), a Kannada-language film
- "The Boss" (Rick Ross song)
- Boss Radio, a pop radio format developed in the 1960s
- Boss (book), a biography of Richard J. Daley by Mike Royko
- The Boss (Timati album)
- "Boss" (Life's Work), a 1996 episode in the American television series Life's Work
- Boss or The Boss, alternate titles for Boss Nigger, a 1975 blaxploitation film
Companies
- Boss Corporation, a company that manufactures guitar accessories and audio equipment
- Hugo Boss, a German fashion company
- Boss Hoss, a motorcycle company in Dyersburg, Tennessee
Roles
- Crime boss
- Pit boss, the person who looks after the employees who work in a casino pit
- Political boss
- Fire boss
- Air boss
People referred to as "The Boss"
Politicians
- Joseph Stalin (1878–1953), former leader of the Soviet Union
- Richard J. Daley (1902–1976), former mayor of Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Boss Tweed (William M. Tweed, 1823–1878), notoriously corrupt 19th-century politician in New York City
- Boss Shepherd (Alexander Robey Shepherd, 1835–1902), 19th-century politician in Washington, D.C.
- Rafael Trujillo ("El Jefe", 1891–1961), dictator of the Dominican Republic
Musicians
- Gene Ammons ("The Boss", 1925–1974), American jazz musician and songwriter
- Bruce Springsteen ("The Boss", born 1949), American singer and songwriter
- Ross the Boss Friedman (born 1954), guitarist of The Dictators and Manowar
- Snoop Dogg ("The Boss Dogg", born 1971), American rapper and record producer
- Rick Ross ("The Boss", born 1976), American rapper
Other
- Lance Armstrong (born 1971), professional cyclist
- Bobby Lashley (born 1976), professional wrestler
- Helmut Rahn ("Der Boss", 1929–2003), German football player
- Andrew Reynolds (skateboarder) (born 1978)
- Ernest Shackleton (1874–1922), Anglo-Irish explorer
- George Steinbrenner (1930–2010), owner of the New York Yankees baseball team
- Ray Traylor ("The Big Boss Man", 1963–2004), professional wrestler
- Jos Verstappen (born 1972), Dutch Formula One driver
Characters
- Boss (Transformers), a Transformers character
- Boss (Mazinger), from the anime Mazinger Z
- Boss Hogg, the main villain of the television show The Dukes of Hazzard
- The Boss (character), a character in the video game Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
- Big Boss (Metal Gear), a character in the Metal Gear video game series
- Big Boss (C.O.P.S.), a crime boss from the animated series C.O.P.S.
- Nicolas Lucifer III, aka "The Boss", from the animated series The Baskervilles
- Pointy-haired Boss, the office nemesis of cartoon character Dilbert
- "The Boss," title bestowed upon the narrator of A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Things or organisations known as BOSS
- Ballistic Optimizing Shooting System, from Browning Arms Company
- Bharat Operating System Solutions, GNU/Linux distribution developed by NRCFOSS/C-DAC, India
- Big Occultable Steerable Satellite, a system for observing distant planets
- Bimorphic Organisational Systems Supervisor, fictional supercomputer in the Doctor Who television serial The Green Death
- BOSS (molecular mechanics) (Biochemical and Organic Simulation System), a molecular modeling program
- Boulder Outdoor Survival School (BOSS), in Boulder, Colorado
- South African Bureau of State Security (B.O.S.S.), the South African security police from 1966–1980
- Yahoo! Search BOSS, a web services platform initiative
- Boss Corporation, a manufacturer of effects pedals for electric guitar and bass guitar
- Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey
Other uses
- Boss, Missouri
- Boss, an alternate name for one personality type in the Enneagram of Personality theory