Boss

Boss or BOSS may refer to:

People

Types of people:

• A person in authority over a group
  • A chief executive officer
  • A manager
  • A foreman
• A political boss
• A crime boss

Specific people:

• Boss Shepherd, (Alexander Robey Shepherd), a 19th-century politician in Washington, DC
• Boss Tweed, (William M. Tweed), a 19th-century politician in New York City
• George Steinbrenner, general partner of the New York Yankees
• Bruce Springsteen, an American singer and songwriter
• Richard J. Daley, a former mayor of Chicago, Illinois, USA (also the title of a book on Daley by columnist Mike Royko)
• Helmut Rahn, a German football player
• Boss (rapper), a female rapper with the debut album Born Gangstaz
• Boss (french band), a set of french rapper founded by Joey Starr
• Boss (australian band), a 1980s Australian hard rock band
• Ray Traylor, a professional wrestler whose stage name was "The Big Boss Man".

Fictional people:

• Boss Hogg.
• 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.
• Boss, from Mazinger Z.
• Pointy-Haired Boss, the office nemesis of Dilbert.
• Boss Nigger, played by Fred Williamson in the movie of the same name.
• Boss, designation Delta 1138. A Republic Commando from the Star Wars universe. He is a clone of Jango Fett and the leader of Delta Squad.

Entertainment

• Boss - I Love You - 2006 Tollywood film starring Nagarjuna.

Music

• Need a Boss, a 2006 song by Shareefa and others
• Singers/songwriters Ani DiFranco and Utah Phillips perform a song called Dump the Bosses on their Fellow Workers CD. The song is also performed by the music group Bread and Roses.

Organizations

• Boss Audio. A manufacturer of car and marine audio and video systems
• Hugo Boss, a fashion label
• South African Bureau of State Security, the South African security police from 1966 - 1980
• Boss Corporation, a company that manufactures guitar accessories
• Boss, a Turkish bus company.
• Boulder Outdoor Survival School (BOSS) in Boulder, CO.

Phrases

• Scouse phrase meaning cool or great, as in "That film was boss."

Things

• Shield boss, the domed metal centre to a shield
• A brand of loudspeakers
• A boss (video games), a particularly powerful enemy or opponent in a video game
• A boss (architecture), a protruding stone, often decoratively carved
• A speech synthesis system: Bonn Open Synthesis System
• 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
• Browning Arms Company's Ballistic Optimizing Shooting System
• A series of modified Ford engines, such as the Ford Boss 302 engine , the Boss 351 and the Boss 429, used for NASCAR racing