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