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bossies

bossies is the plural of bossy.

bossies is the plural of bossie.

Meaning of bossy

Noun

bossy (plural bossies)

  1. (US, dated, informal) A cow or calf.
    • A week before, while riding the prairies, Raidler had come upon a sick and weakling calf deserted and bawling. Without dismounting he had reached and slung the distressed bossy across his saddle, and dropped it at the ranch for the boys to attend to.1903 February, O. Henry [pseudonym; William Sydney Porter], “Hygeia at the Solito”, in Everybody’s Magazine, volume VIII, number 2, New York, N.Y.: John Wanamaker, →ISSN, page 174, column 1

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Meaning of bossie

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

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Adjective

bossies (comparative more bossies, superlative most bossies)

  1. (South Africa, slang) shell-shocked
    • What, for instance, of all those rumours about troops who went “bossies” - bush-mad?1983, Frontline, volume 3, numbers 3-10, page 32
    • "Herman has never been the same since he went bossies, anyway," said a girl with pale pink hair. "He is much less violent now and far more trustworthy. Our relationship has definitely improved since his re-enlistment."1987, Andrew Donaldson, Forces' favourites, page 40

Proper noun capitalized: Bossies

Bossies

  1. (plural) plural of Bossie

Forms of bossies

comparativemore bossies
superlativemost bossies

Origin of bossies

Diminutive of bosbefok.

Questions about bossies

What does bossies mean?
Bossies means shell-shocked.
What is bossies the plural of?
Bossies is the plural of bossy.
What part of speech is bossies?
Bossies can be an adjective or a proper noun.

Words near bossies in the dictionary

  1. bossie
  2. bossier
  3. Bossier City
  4. Bossier Parish
  5. Bossiers
  6. bossies
  7. bossiest
  8. bossily
  9. bossiness
  10. bossinesses
  11. Bossiney

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bossies (page history and authors); Bossies (page history and authors); bossy (page history and authors); bossie (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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