boss

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

1) (Dutch, baas. Danish, bas, a master.) A master, an employer of mechanics or laborers. It probably originated in New York, and is now used in many parts of the United States. The blacks often employ it in addressing white men in the Northern States, as they do massa (master) in the Southern States.

2) (Lat. bos.) Among the hunters of the prairies, a name for the buffalo.

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