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Plural of boss

regular plural

The plural of boss is bosses.

Forms of boss

Singularboss /bɒs/
Pluralbosses
Countablecountable

Bosses in a sentence

  • We have some vindictive people as bosses, and you don’t want to be the target of their wrath.2018 February 18, Dawn Pine, “Strategies for Dealing with a Bad Boss”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), archived from...
  • Cuphead built a reputation for difficulty before release, but its boss battles are mostly about recognizing patterns than getting lucky against unfair bosses.2017 October 2, Heather Alexandra, “Cuphead Player Beats Bosses Without Taking A Single Hit”, in Kotaku, archived from the original on 18...
  • Many companies have policies in place to prevent bosses from retaliating against allegations of harassment.From the entry retaliate
  • Be careful what you say around Gene because he's the bosses' snoop.From the entry snoop
  • The studio bosses were unwilling to approve the answer print of the novice director's debut.From the entry answer print

Meaning of boss

  1. noun One who oversees and directs the work of others; a supervisor.
  2. noun A person in charge of a business or company.
  3. noun A leader, the head of an organized group or team.

Full definition of boss

Questions about the plural of boss

What is the plural of boss?
The plural of boss is bosses.
Is boss countable?
Boss is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: boss (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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