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Boss may refer to:
Occupations
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Supervisor, often referred to as boss
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Air boss, more formally, air officer, the person in charge of aircraft operations on an aircraft carrier
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Crime boss, the head of a criminal organization
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Fire boss, a person in charge of mine safety
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Pit boss, the person who looks after the employees who work in a casino pit
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Political boss, a person who controls a political region or constituency
Places
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Boss, Missouri, United States, an unincorporated community
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Boss, Texas, United States, an unincorporated community
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Boss (crater), a lunar crater
People
As a real name
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Boss (surname)
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Boss Mustapha, politician, Secretary of the Nigerian government (2017–2023)
As a nickname or stage name
Athletes
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Lance Armstrong ("Le Boss", born 1971), former professional cyclist
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Sasha Banks (born 1992), American professional wrestler
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Tomás Boy ("El Jefe", 1951–2022), former Mexican professional football player and current coach
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Bobby Lashley (born 1976), American professional wrestler
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Helmut Rahn ("Der Boss", 1929–2003), German football player
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Andrew Reynolds (skateboarder) (born 1978), American professional skateboarder
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George Steinbrenner (1930–2010), owner of the New York Yankees baseball team
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Jos Verstappen (born 1972), Dutch Formula One driver
Musicians
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Boss (rapper) (née Lichelle Laws, 1969–2024), American rapper
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Gene Ammons ("The Boss", 1925–1974), American jazz musician and songwriter
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Ross the Boss Friedman (born 1954), guitarist of The Dictators and Manowar
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Diana Ross ("The Boss", born 1944), American singer and actress
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Rick Ross ("The Boss", born 1976), American rapper
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Bruce Springsteen ("The Boss", born 1949), American singer and songwriter
Politicians
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Richard J. Daley (1902–1976), former mayor of Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Alexander Robey Shepherd (1835–1902), Washington, D.C., politician
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William M. Tweed (1823–1878), notoriously corrupt New York City politician
Other people
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Joe Lycett, English comedian, television presenter and painter who briefly changed his name to Hugo Boss
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Ernest Shackleton (1874–1922), Anglo-Irish explorer
As a ring name
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Ray Traylor (1963–2004), American professional wrestler, one of whose ring names was "The Boss"
Arts and entertainment
Fictional characters
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Boss ( Mazinger), from the anime Mazinger Z
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Boss Hogg, the main villain of the television show The Dukes of Hazzard
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Pointy-haired Boss, the office nemesis of cartoon character Dilbert
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The Boss ( Metal Gear), a character in the video game Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
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"The Boss," title bestowed upon the narrator of A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
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"The Boss", Nicolas Lucifer III, from the animated series The Baskervilles
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"The Boss" (simply known as "playa" in the first game), the main character of the Saints Row series
Film
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Boss (2006 film), an Indian Telugu-language film
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Boss (2011 film), an Indian Kannada-language film
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, a 2013 Indian Bengali-language film starring Jeet
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Boss Nigger, a 1975 western film that also goes by the name, Boss.
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Boss (2013 Hindi film), an Indian Hindi-language film starring Akshay Kumar
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Boss (2025 film), South Korean action comedy film
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The Boss (1915 film), a silent film based on a play by Edward Sheldon (see below)
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The Boss (1956 film), an American film by Byron Haskin
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The Boss (1973 film) or Il Boss, an Italian crime film
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The Boss (1975 film), a blaxploitation film
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The Boss, a 2005 short film starring Jennifer Sciole
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The Boss (2016 film), an American film starring Melissa McCarthy
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, a 2007 Indian film by S. Shankar
Music
Bands
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Boss (Australian band), a 1980s hard rock band
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The Boss (band), a South Korean boy band
Albums
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Boss (album), by Magik Markers, 2007
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The Boss (Diana Ross album), 1979
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The Boss (Jimmy Smith album), 1968
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The Boss (Timati album), 2009
Songs
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"Boss" (Fifth Harmony song), 2014
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"Boss" (Lil Pump song), 2017
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"Boss" (NCT U song), 2018
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"Boss", a song by the Carters from the album Everything Is Love, 2018
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"Boss" by Mirror, 2021
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"The Boss" (Diana Ross song), 1979
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"The Boss" (Rick Ross song), 2008
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"The Boss", a song by James Brown from the soundtrack Black Caesar, 1973
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"The Boss", a song by A. R. Rahman from the soundtrack Sivaji, 2007
Television
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Boss (TV series), a 2011 US series starring Kelsey Grammer
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The Boss (TV series) or The Peter Principle, a British television sitcom
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"Boss", an episode of Life's Work
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Bimorphic Organisational Systems Supervisor, a fictional supercomputer in the Doctor Who television serial The Green Death
Other
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Boss (video games), a particularly powerful enemy or opponent in a video game
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Boss Radio, a 1960s pop radio format
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, a 1971 book by Mike Royko
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The Boss, a 1911 Broadway play by Edward Sheldon
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, a 2019 web series
Science and technology
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Boss (geology), a body of igneous rock
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Boss (engineering), an engineering term for a protrusion type feature
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Boss General Catalogue, an early 20th century star catalog
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BOSS (molecular mechanics) (Biochemical and Organic Simulation System), a molecular modeling program
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Balanced Optical SteadyShot, an image stabilization technology used in Sony video cameras
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Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey
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BOSS Great Wall, the largest known galaxy wall
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Bharat Operating System Solutions, Linux distribution developed by NRCFOSS/C-DAC, India
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Big Occultable Steerable Satellite, a system for observing distant planets
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Bride of sevenless, a promoter for the sevenless gene
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"Boss", nickname of the robot that won the 2007 DARPA Grand Challenge
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Yahoo! Search BOSS, a web services platform initiative
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Boss 302, a Ford Modular engine
Other uses
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Boss (architecture), a protruding stone, often decoratively carved
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Boss Coffee, a brand of Japanese coffee-flavored beverages
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Boss Audio, a company that manufactures audio equipment for automotive and marine applications
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Boss Corporation, a company that manufactures guitar accessories and audio equipment
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Boulder Outdoor Survival School (BOSS), in Boulder, Utah
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Bureau of State Security (B.O.S.S.), a South African state security agency from 1966 to 1980
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Shield boss, the domed metal centre to a shield
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The Boss (roller coaster), a wooden roller coaster at Six Flags St. Louis
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A series of modified Ford engines used for NASCAR racing, including:
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Ford Boss 302 engine
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Boss 351
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Boss 429
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"Boss", the bone shield of some adult Bovinae bull's horns, such as the African buffalo
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Boss, the bony mass on the skull of some dinosaurs from family Ceratopsidae
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Boss, the hub of a propeller
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Boss, an alternate name for one personality type in the Enneagram of Personality theory
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Hugo Boss, often stylised as BOSS, a German fashion house
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BOSS GP, European motor racing series
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Lifting boss, knobs or protrusions left by masons on blocks to facilitate levering or lifting
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Bosnian Party ( BOSS), a political party in Bosnia and Herzegovina
See also
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Bos (disambiguation)
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Big Boss (disambiguation)
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Snoop Dogg ("The Boss Dogg", born 1971), American rapper and record producer
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Vic Sotto, Filipino television personality nicknamed "Bossing"
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Swelling (medical), referred to as bossing
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Who's the Boss (disambiguation)
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