{{wiktionary|boss}}
'''Boss''' may refer to: {{TOC right}}
== 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 == * Boss, Missouri, United States, an unincorporated community * Boss, Texas, United States, an unincorporated community * Boss (crater), a lunar crater
==People== ===As a real name=== *Boss (surname) *Boss Mustapha, politician, Secretary of the Nigerian government (2017–2023)
===As a nickname or stage name=== ====Athletes==== * Lance Armstrong ("{{lang|fr|Le Boss}}", born 1971), former professional cyclist * Sasha Banks (born 1992), American professional wrestler * Tomás Boy ("{{lang|es|El Jefe}}", 1951–2022), former Mexican professional football player and current coach * Bobby Lashley (born 1976), American professional wrestler * Helmut Rahn ("{{lang|de|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==== * Richard J. Daley (1902–1976), former mayor of Chicago, Illinois, United States * Alexander Robey Shepherd (1835–1902), Washington, D.C., politician * William M. Tweed (1823–1878), notoriously corrupt New York City politician
==== 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'' * 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 * ''Boss: Born to Rule'', a 2013 Indian Bengali-language film starring Jeet **''Boss 2'', its 2017 sequel *''Boss Nigger'', a 1975 western film that also goes by the name, ''Boss''. * ''Boss'' (2013 Hindi film), an Indian Hindi-language film starring Akshay Kumar * ''Boss'' (2025 film), South Korean action comedy film * ''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 * ''Sivaji: The Boss'', a 2007 Indian film by S. Shankar
=== Music === ====Bands==== * Boss (Australian band), a 1980s hard rock band * The Boss (band), a South Korean boy band
====Albums==== * ''Boss'' (album), by Magik Markers, 2007 * ''The Boss'' (Diana Ross album), 1979 * ''The Boss'' (Jimmy Smith album), 1968 * ''The Boss'' (Timati album), 2009
====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=== * ''Boss'' (TV series), a 2011 US series starring Kelsey Grammer * ''The Boss'' (TV series) or ''The Peter Principle'', a British television sitcom * "Boss", an episode of ''Life's Work'' * Bimorphic Organisational Systems Supervisor, a fictional supercomputer in the ''Doctor Who'' television serial ''The Green Death''
===Other=== * Boss (video games), a particularly powerful enemy or opponent in a video game * Boss Radio, a 1960s pop radio format * ''Boss: Richard J. Daley of Chicago'', a 1971 book by Mike Royko * ''The Boss'', a 1911 Broadway play by Edward Sheldon * ''BOSS: Baap of Special Services'', 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 * Boss 302, a Ford Modular engine
== 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 (bear), grizzly bear in Canada * The Boss (roller coaster), a wooden roller coaster at Six Flags St. Louis * A series of modified Ford engines used for NASCAR racing, including: ** Ford Boss 302 engine ** Boss 351 ** Boss 429 * "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
== See also == * Bos (disambiguation) * Big Boss (disambiguation) * Snoop Dogg ("The Boss Dogg", born 1971), American rapper and record producer * Vic Sotto, Filipino television personality nicknamed "Bossing" * Swelling (medical), referred to as bossing * Who's the Boss (disambiguation)
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