Meaning

3 senses
  1. (derogatory, informal, mildly, often)A male boss or employer.

  2. (MLE, informal)

    (informal, vocative)Used as a term of address for an unfamiliar, possibly distrusted man: bud, buddy, friend.

    You should watch what you say, bossman.

    I don’t know what to tell you, bossman.

  3. (informal, vocative)Used as a term of address for a man who appears courageous: boss.

    You really showed them, bossman. What’s your name?

Examples

1 sentences
  1. Bossman wants to see you.

    ruНачальник хочет тебя видеть. — marafon

Origin

From boss + man.

From boss + man.

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

plural: bossmen

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
bossman — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto