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Grammar : Noun
Spell : baws-man, bos-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbɔsˌmæn, ˈbɒs-



Definition of boss man

  • As in big deal : noun something or someone important
  • As in foreman : noun overseer
Example sentences :
  • Ramsay approached him with "Who's the boss man around here?"
  • Extract from : « The Spell of the White Sturgeon » by James Arthur Kjelgaard
  • Ah Pat, my friend he b'long number one Flickleman, boss man.
  • Extract from : « Dragon's blood » by Henry Milner Rideout
  • The boss man came out later but he didn't seem intrusted in it at all, so Ah got little or nothing fur his death.
  • Extract from : « Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume IV, Georgia Narratives, Part 1 » by Work Projects Administration
  • He said her stories neither frightened them nor made them cry, but Souwanas was the boss man to tell Nanahboozhoo stories.
  • Extract from : « Algonquin Indian Tales » by Egerton R. Young
  • Boss man had the colored folks get all the meat out of the smokehouse and hide it in the peach orchard in the grass.
  • Extract from : « Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves » by Work Projects Administration
  • An he swaggers around me and thinks hes a boss man because he licked that bloat Sheedy.
  • Extract from : « The Snow-Burner » by Henry Oyen
  • He was the boss man here, and Reivers granted him ungrudged admiration for it.
  • Extract from : « The Snow-Burner » by Henry Oyen
  • You would pop the question to boss man to see if he was willing for you to marry de gal.
  • Extract from : « Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume IV, Georgia Narratives, Part 1 » by Work Projects Administration
  • There was no minister or boss man to marry you—no limitations at all.
  • Extract from : « Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume IV, Georgia Narratives, Part 1 » by Work Projects Administration
  • His boss man moved to Augusta and took Anderson wid him to work in de compress dar.
  • Extract from : « Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume IV, Georgia Narratives, Part 1 » by Work Projects Administration

Synonyms for boss man

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