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Afrikaans Afrikaans (, ) is a West Germanic language that evolved in the Dutch Cape Colony from the Dutch vernacular of Holland proper (i.e., the Hollandic dialect) used by Dutch, French, and German settlers and their enslaved people. Afrikaans gra ...

word for boss and

Dutch Dutch commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands * Dutch people () * Dutch language () Dutch may also refer to: Places * Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Pennsylvania Dutch Country People E ...

word for supervisor/leader/master, from which the American word "

boss Boss may refer to: Occupations * Supervisor, often referred to as boss * Air boss, more formally, air officer, the person in charge of aircraft operations on an aircraft carrier * Crime boss, the head of a criminal organization * Fire boss, a ...

" is derived.

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Balduin Baas Balduin Baas (9 June 1922 – 22 May 2006) was a German actor. He appeared in more than 70 films and television shows between 1956 and 2002. Partial filmography * '' The Captain from Köpenick'' (1956) - Ostpreußischer Grenadier * ' (1956 ...

(1922–2006), German actor *

David Baas David Andrew Baas (born September 28, 1981) is a former American football center. He played college football for the University of Michigan, and was recognized as a consensus All-American and the top college center. The San Francisco 49ers se ...

(born 1981), American football center *

Gilberto Keb Baas Gilberto José Keb Baas (born October 21, 1977 in Hunucmá, Yucatán, Mexico) is a Mexican professional boxer in the Light Flyweight division. Gilberto is the former WBC Light Flyweight Champion. Pro career WBC Light Flyweight Championship ...

(born 1977), Mexican boxer * Heinz Baas (1922–1994), German football player and manager *

Ian Baas Ian Baas (born 1983 in Noblesville, Indiana) is an American race car driver. He raced in the American Le Mans Series in 2005 for the Alex Job Finishing Second twice in the #24 GT class Porsche 996 RSR The first podium came at Mosport and the s ...

(born 1982), American race car driver *

Jan Baas J.G.A. "Jan" Baas (born October 24, 1950) is a Dutch politician. He is a member of the Labour Party (PvdA). Baas was an alderman of Beverwijk from 1990 to 1996 and mayor of Wieringen from 1996 to 2004. Since 2004 he has been mayor of Enkhuizen ...

(born 1950), Dutch politician * Johann Hermann Baas (1838–1909), German medical historian *

Lourens Baas Becking Lourens Gerhard Marinus Baas Becking (4 January 1895 in Deventer – 6 January 1963 in Canberra, Australia) was a Dutch botanist and microbiologist. He is known for the Baas Becking hypothesis, which he originally formulated as ''"Everything is ...

(1895–1963), Dutch botanist and microbiologist *

Maarten Baas Maarten Baas (; born 19 February 1978) is a Dutch furniture designer. He is known for his Real Time series of clocks in which people paint the time by hand. His career path was influenced by mentors like Jurgen Bey, colleagues like Bertjan Pot ...

(born 1978), Dutch industrial designer * Pieter Baas (born 1944), Dutch botanist * Stien Baas-Kaiser (born 1938), Dutch speed skater

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