• Chinese: 老板 (lǎobǎn)
• Crimean Tatar: baş
• Czech: šéf
• Dutch: baas , bazin , chef
• Finnish: johtaja, pomo qualifier informal
• French: patron , chef
• German: Chef
• Interlingua: chef
• Italian: capo , padrone
• Persian: ,
• Polish: szef,
• Romanian: şef
• Spanish: jefe , jefa
• Swedish: chef

• German: Chef
• Polish: brygadzista
• Swedish: chef , boss , förman

__NoTOC__ Boss may refer to:

Nicknames

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

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 (born 1977), American rapper
• Ross the Boss Friedman, guitarist of The Dictators and Manowar

Other

• George Steinbrenner (born 1930), general partner and principal owner of the New York Yankees baseball team
• Helmut Rahn ("Der Boss", 1929–2003), German football player
• Jos Verstappen (born 1972), Dutch Formula One driver
• Isaac Boss (born 1980), Irish rugby union player
• Ray Traylor ("The Big Boss Man", 1962–2004), professional wrestler
  • The Boss, a wrestling gimmick used by Traylor
• Andrew Reynolds (born 1978), pro skateboarder

Fictional characters

• Boss (Transformers), a Transformers character
• Boss (Mazinger), from Mazinger Z
• Boss Hogg, the main villain of the television show The Dukes of Hazzard
• The Boss, a character in Metal Gear Solid 3
• Big Boss, a character in the Metal Gear series
• Big Boss (Leader), a crime boss from Hasbro's 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

Persons with the surname Boss

• Hugo Boss (1885–1948), fashion designer
• Isaac Boss (born 1980), Irish rugby union player
• Lewis Boss (1846–1912), American astronomer

Things

• Boss (architecture), a protruding stone, often decoratively carved
• Boss (crater), a lunar crater
• Boss (geology), a type of igneous intrusion
• The Boss (roller coaster), a wooden roller coaster at Six Flags St. Louis
• Boss (soft drink), a brand of coffee-flavored beverages
• Big Occultable Steerable Satellite, a system for observing distant planets
• Billing Order and Support System, a text-based program created by IBM
• Shield boss, the domed metal centre to a shield
• Ballistic Optimizing Shooting System, from Browning Arms Company
• 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)

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
• "The Boss" (song), a song from the soundtrack to the Tamil film Sivaji: The Boss
• "The Boss", a song 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

Organizations

• Boss Audio, a manufacturer of car and marine audio and video systems
• South African Bureau of State Security (B.O.S.S.), the South African security police from 1966–1980
• Boss Corporation, a company that manufactures guitar accessories and audio equipment

• Boulder Outdoor Survival School (BOSS) in Boulder, Colorado
• Buckeye On-line School for Success (BOSS), a K-12 public charter school located in East Liverpool, Ohio

Roles

• Crime boss
• Political boss
• Fire boss

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

See also

• Gaffer (boss)

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