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Baas

An employer, a boss. Frequently as a form of address.

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    An employer, a boss. Frequently as a form of address.

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bleatnounThe characteristic cry of a sheep or a goat.
blatnounThe Soviet system of connections and social relationships; one's social or business network (in Russian or Soviet society).
blateverb(Scotland, Northern England) Bashful, sheepish.
bossmannoun(often mildly derogatory) A male boss or employer.
boss boynoun(South Africa, historical) The black leader of a gang of miners.
boetnoun(South Africa, informal) A familiar form of address: pal, mate.
bossybootsnoun(informal) A bossy person.
bossalnounAlternative form of bossale. [(historical) A black African-born enslaved person in a French (or sometimes other European) colony, especially Haiti (as opposed to a slave born in the colony).]
bossernoun(UK, dialect) A large marble in children's games.
bosalnounA type of noseband used on a horse.
bossy-bootsnounAlternative form of bossyboots. [(informal) A bossy person.]
bosspotnoun(chiefly UK, informal) A person who is rather or overly bossy.
rock spidernoun(Australia, slang, prison slang) A pedophile or child molester.
bossy-pantsnounAlternative form of bossy pants. [(informal, sometimes used attributively) A pushy or domineering person.]
babalaasnoun(South Africa, slang) A very bad hangover.
boernoun(historical) A Dutch colonist in South Africa during the colonial era, especially a farmer.
bosslingnoun(derogatory) A diminutive, subordinate, or petty boss
pit-bossnounAlternative form of pit boss. [(mining, dated) A direct overseer of laborers in a mining operation.]
boitjienoun(South Africa, slang) A sporty young man; a jock.
boornounAn uncultured person; a vulgarian.

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