Bosser

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A bossy person, one who orders others around. rare

    "They were all bossers here. Especially the women. They were bossy even when they deared her."

  2. 2
    A large marble in children's games. UK, dialectal

    "[…] the ultimate winner is the man with the greatest number of marbles when play comes to an end. The games at Battle at the present time are played with glass marbles and locally made “bossers” of concrete."

  3. 3
    An instrument used to push clay into a mold.

Synonyms

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chiefembossforemanhonchoknobmanager

Example

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"They were all bossers here. Especially the women. They were bossy even when they deared her."

Etymology

From boss + -er?

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