Boss
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Boss may refer to:
[edit] Persons with the surname Boss
[edit] Common nouns
- 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
[edit] Entertainment
[edit] Film and television
- Performers
- Albums
- Songs
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[edit] 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
[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 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
- 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
[edit] 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
[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
- 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
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[edit] See also