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bossy |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bossy \Bos"sy\, n. [Dim. fr Prov. E. boss in boss-calf, buss-calf, for boose-calf, prop., a calf kept in the stall. See 1st {Boose}.] A cow or calf; -- familiarly so called [U. S.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bossy \Boss"y\, a. Ornamented with bosses; studded. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: bossy adj : offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power; "an autocratic person"; "autocratic behavior"; "a bossy way of ordering others around"; "a rather aggressive and dominating character"; "managed the employees in an aloof magisterial way"; "a swaggering peremptory manner" [syn: {autocratic}, {dominating}, {high-and-mighty}, {magisterial}, {peremptory}]
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