Boss

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A boss is an employee's supervisor.

Boss or BOSS may also refer to:

Contents 1 Persons with the surname Boss 2 Things 3 Entertainment 4 Companies 5 Roles 6 Slang 7 People referred to as "The Boss" 7.1 Politicians 7.2 Musicians 7.3 Other 7.4 Fictional characters 8 Things or organisations known as BOSS 9 Other uses 10 See also

[edit] Persons with the surname Boss

• Hugo Ferdinand Boss (1885–1948), fashion designer
• Isaac Boss (born 1980), Irish rugby union player
• Kevin Boss (born 1984), American football tight end
• Lewis Boss (1846–1912), American astronomer
• Terry Boss (born 1981), Puerto Rican association football goalkeeper

[edit] Things

• 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:
  • Ford Boss 302 engine
  • Boss 351
  • Boss 429
• "Boss", nickname of the robot that won the DARPA Grand Challenge (2007)
• "Boss of The Plains", nickname of the Stetson wide-brimmed Western hat

[edit] Entertainment

• Boss (Australian band), a 1980s Australian hard rock band
• Boss (French band), a group of French rappers founded by Joey Starr
• Boss (Magik Markers album)
• Boss (rapper) (born 1969), female rapper
• The Boss, a 1956 film starring John Payne
• Boss Nigger, a blaxploitation film starring Fred Williamson as the title character
• Boss - I Love You, a 2006 Tollywood film starring Akkineni Nagarjuna
• The Boss (album), a 1979 album by Diana Ross
  • "The Boss" (Diana Ross song), a song from that album
• Sivaji: The Boss, a Kollywood movie starring Rajinikanth
  • "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
• "The Boss" (Rick Ross song)
• "Boss Hoss", a 1965 song by The Sonics
• Boss Radio, a pop radio format developed in the 1960s
• The BossHoss, a German "Trash Country Punk Rock" band
• Boss (book), a biography of Richard J. Daley by Mike Royko
• The Boss (Timati album), by Timati

[edit] Companies

• Boss Audio, a manufacturer of car and marine audio and video systems
• Boss Corporation, a company that manufactures guitar accessories and audio equipment
• Hugo Boss, a German fashion company

[edit] Roles

• Crime boss
• Pit boss, the person who looks after the employees who work in a casino pit
• Political boss
• Fire boss
• Air boss

[edit] Slang

• Boss, a Scouse expression meaning cool or great, as in "That film was boss"
• Boss (video games), a particularly powerful enemy or opponent in a video game

[edit] People referred to as "The Boss"

[edit] Politicians

• Joseph Stalin (1878–1953), former leader of the Soviet Union
• Richard J. Daley (1902–1976), former mayor of Chicago, Illinois, USA
  • Boss, an unauthorized biography of Daley by newspaper columnist Mike Royko
• 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

[edit] Musicians

• Bruce Springsteen ("The Boss", born 1949), American singer and songwriter
• James Brown (1933–2006), influential 20th century singer and songwriter
• Diana Ross (born 1944), actress and singer
• Maynard Ferguson (1928–2006), jazz trumpet player
• Rick Ross (rapper) (born 1977), American rapper
• Ross the Boss Friedman (born 1954), guitarist of The Dictators and Manowar

[edit] Other

• Helmut Rahn ("Der Boss", 1929–2003), German football player
• Andrew Reynolds (born 1978), pro skateboarder
• John Ryan (born 1992), American basketball player
• George Steinbrenner (born 1930), owner of the New York Yankees baseball team
• Ray Traylor ("The Big Boss Man", 1962–2004), professional wrestler
• Jos Verstappen (born 1972), Dutch Formula One driver

[edit] Fictional 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

[edit] 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
• 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

[edit] Other uses

• Boss, an alternate name for one personality type in the Enneagram of Personality theory

[edit] See also

• Gaffer (boss)

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