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bossie

bossie noun: a small bush.

Noun

bossie (plural bossies)

  1. (South Africa) A small bush.
    • We went on a walking adventure to find a farm gate by a big tree, with a key under a stone next to a bossie but the bushes all looked the same and we couldn't find the key.2013, Kate Shand, Boy, page 121

Proper noun capitalized: Bossie

Bossie (plural Bossies)

  1. A surname from French.

Forms of bossie

Noun
pluralbossies
Proper noun
pluralBossies

Origin of bossie

Possibly a variant of French Bossu.

Questions about bossie

What does bossie mean?
Bossie means a small bush.
What part of speech is bossie?
Bossie can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of bossie?
The plural of bossie is bossies.

Words near bossie in the dictionary

  1. bossful
  2. bosshead
  3. bossheads
  4. bosshood
  5. Bossi
  6. bossie
  7. bossier
  8. Bossier City
  9. Bossier Parish
  10. Bossiers
  11. bossies

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