Definition of "boss" []

• An employer or a supervisor. (noun)
• One who makes decisions or exercises authority. (noun)
• A professional politician who controls a party or a political machine. (noun)
• To supervise or control. See Synonyms at supervise. (verb-transitive)
• To give orders to, especially in an arrogant or domineering manner: bossing us around. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "A label boss had sent me an impressive bottle of Texas mescal, complete with drowned worm in the bottom."
• "The word boss comes from the Dutch word baas which literally means master."
• "Howlett claims he can only recall one time when he saw the label boss lose his cool."