Boss may refer to:
Occupations
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Supervisor, often referred to as boss
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Air boss, more formally, air officer, the person in charge of aircraft operations on an aircraft carrier
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Crime boss, the head of a criminal organization
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Fire boss, a person in charge of mine safety
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Pit boss
''Pit Boss'' is an American television series docudrama that follows Shorty Rossi, owner of Shorty's Rescue, an organization set up for Pit Bull rescue. The series aired on Animal Planet from January 16, 2010 to March 30, 2013.
Series overview
S ...
, the person who looks after the employees who work in a casino pit
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Political boss
In politics, a boss is a person who controls a faction or local branch of a political party. They do not necessarily hold public office themselves; most historical bosses did not, at least during the times of their greatest influence. Numerous of ...
, a person who controls a political region or constituency
Places
United States
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Boss, Missouri
Boss is an unincorporated rural hamlet in eastern Dent County, Missouri
Missouri is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee): Iow ...
, an unincorporated community
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Boss, Texas
Boss is an unincorporated community in Tarrant County, Texas
Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 milli ...
, an unincorporated community
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Bosstown, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community
Moon
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Boss (crater), a lunar crater
People
As a real name
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Boss (surname)
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Boss Mustapha, politician, Secretary of Nigerian government
As a nickname or stage name
Athletes
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Lance Armstrong
Lance Edward Armstrong ('' né'' Gunderson; born September 18, 1971) is an American former professional road racing cyclist. Regarded as a sports icon for winning the Tour de France seven consecutive times from 1999 to 2005 after recovering fr ...
("", born 1971), former professional cyclist
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Sasha Banks
Mercedes Justine Kaestner-Varnado (born January 26, 1992) is an American professional wrestler and actress. She is currently signed to WWE, where she performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Sasha Banks.
Banks previously wrestled o ...
(born 1992), American professional wrestler
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Tomás Boy
Tomás Juan Boy Espinoza (28 June 1951 – 8 March 2022) was a Mexican professional manager and footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.
Known for his technical skills and field vision, Boy is considered as one of the greatest Mexica ...
("", born 1952), former Mexican professional football player and current coach
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Bobby Lashley
Franklin Roberto Lashley (born July 16, 1976) is an American professional wrestler, mixed martial artist and bodybuilder. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand. He is an eight-time world champion, having been a two-t ...
(born 1976), American professional wrestler
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Helmut Rahn
Helmut Rahn (16 August 1929 – 14 August 2003), known as ''Der Boss'' (The Boss), was a German footballer who played as a forward. He became a legend for having scored the winning goal in the final of the 1954 FIFA World Cup (West Germany vs. ...
("", 1929–2003), German football player
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Andrew Reynolds (skateboarder) (born 1978), American professional skateboarder
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George Steinbrenner
George Michael Steinbrenner III (July 4, 1930July 13, 2010) was an American businessman who was the principal owner and managing partner of Major League Baseball's New York Yankees from 1973 until his death in 2010. He was the longest-serving own ...
(1930–2010), owner of the New York Yankees baseball team
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Jos Verstappen
Johannes Franciscus Verstappen (; born 4 March 1972) is a former (Formula One) racing driver. Verstappen was the German Formula Three champion and Masters of Formula Three winner in 1993.
In Formula 1, Verstappen raced for seven different te ...
(born 1972), Dutch Formula One driver
Musicians
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Boss (rapper) (née Lichelle Laws, 1969), American rapper
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Gene Ammons ("The Boss", 1925–1974), American jazz musician and songwriter
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Ross the Boss
Ross Friedman (born January 3, 1954), also known as Ross the Boss, is a guitarist, known as a founding member of both the punk band the Dictators, and the heavy metal band Manowar.
History
Friedman was born in the Bronx, New York, and formed ...
Friedman (born 1954), guitarist of The Dictators and Manowar
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Diana Ross ("The Boss", born 1944), American singer and actress
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Rick Ross ("The Boss", born 1976), American rapper
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Bruce Springsteen ("The Boss", born 1949), American singer and songwriter
Politicians
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Richard J. Daley
Richard Joseph Daley (May 15, 1902 – December 20, 1976) was an American politician who served as the Mayor of Chicago from 1955 and the chairman of the Cook County Democratic Party Central Committee from 1953 until his death. He has been cal ...
(1902–1976), former mayor of Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Boss Shepherd (Alexander Robey Shepherd, 1835–1902), Washington, D.C., politician
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Boss Tweed (William M. Tweed, 1823–1878), notoriously corrupt New York City politician
Other people
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Hugo Boss (comedian), the artist formerly known as Joe Lycett
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Ernest Shackleton
Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton (15 February 1874 – 5 January 1922) was an Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer who led three British expeditions to the Antarctic. He was one of the principal figures of the period known as the Heroic Age of ...
(1874–1922), Anglo-Irish explorer
Arts and entertainment
Fictional characters
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Boss (''Mazinger''), from the anime ''Mazinger Z''
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Big Boss (''C.O.P.S.''), a crime boss from the animated series ''C.O.P.S.''
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Big Boss (''Metal Gear''), a character in the ''Metal Gear'' video game series
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Boss Hogg
Jefferson Davis "J.D." Hogg, known as Boss Hogg, is a fictional character featured in the American television series ''The Dukes of Hazzard''. He was the commissioner of Hazzard County, and the county's political boss. Boss Hogg almost always wo ...
, the main villain of the television show ''The Dukes of Hazzard''
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Pointy-haired Boss
This is a list of characters that have appeared in Scott Adams' ''Dilbert'' comic strip.
Primary characters
Dilbert
The main character in the strip, Dilbert is a stereotypical technically-minded single male. Prior to October 2014, he was us ...
, the office nemesis of cartoon character Dilbert
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The Boss (''Metal Gear''), a character in the video game ''Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater''
* "The Boss," title bestowed upon the narrator of ''
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
''A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court'' is an 1889 novel by American humorist and writer Mark Twain. The book was originally titled ''A Yankee in King Arthur's Court''. Some early editions are titled ''A Yankee at the Court of King Arth ...
''
* "The Boss", Nicolas Lucifer III, from the animated series ''
The Baskervilles''
* "The Boss" (simply known as "playa" in the first game), the main character of the
''Saints Row'' series
Film
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''The Boss'' (1915 film), a silent film based on a play by Edward Sheldon (see below)
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''The Boss'' (1956 film), an American film by Byron Haskin
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''The Boss'' (1973 film) or ''Il Boss'', an Italian crime film
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''The Boss'' (1975 film) or ''Boss Nigger'', a blaxploitation film
* ''The Boss'', a 2005 short film starring
Jennifer Sciole
Jennifer Sciole (born April 28, 1979) is an American actress.
Life and career
Sciole was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the youngest of six children raised in an Italian family. Her first acting job was in a local grocery store commercial a ...
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''Boss'' (2006 film), an Indian Telugu-language film
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''Boss'' (2011 film), an Indian Kannada-language film
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''Boss'' (2013 Bengali film), an Indian Bengali-language film starring Jeet
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''Boss'' (2013 Hindi film), an Indian Hindi-language film starring Akshay Kumar
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''The Boss'' (2016 film), an American film starring Melissa McCarthy
Music
Bands
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Boss (Australian band), a 1980s hard rock band
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The Boss (band)
The Boss (대국남아, often referred to as DGNA or, incorrectly, D-NA) was a South Korean boy band with five members, formed under Open World Entertainment in 2010. In South Korea they are known as ''Dae Guk Nam Ah'', literally meaning "The ...
, a South Korean boy band
Albums
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''Boss'' (album), by Magik Markers, 2007
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''The Boss'' (Diana Ross album), 1979
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''The Boss'' (Jimmy Smith album), 1968
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''The Boss'' (Timati album), 2009
Songs
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"Boss" (Fifth Harmony song), 2014
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"Boss" (Lil Pump song), 2017
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"The Boss" (Diana Ross song), 1979
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"The Boss" (Rick Ross song), 2008
* "Boss", a song by the Carters from the album ''
Everything Is Love
''Everything Is Love'' (stylized in all caps) is the debut studio album by American musical duo the Carters, consisting of spouses Beyoncé Knowles-Carter and Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter. It was released on June 16, 2018, by Parkwood Entertainment, ...
'', 2018
* "The Boss", a song by James Brown from the soundtrack ''
Black Caesar'', 1973
* "The Boss", a song by A. R. Rahman from the soundtrack ''
Sivaji
Sivaji is an Indian actor who appears in Telugu films. He won Nandi Award for Best Male Dubbing Artist for the movie '' Dil'' (voice for Nitin).
Career
Sivaji is from Narsarsopet in Guntur district. Sivaji started his stint as an editor in ...
'', 2007
Television
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''Boss'' (TV series), a 2011 US series starring Kelsey Grammer
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''The Boss'' (TV series) or ''The Peter Principle'', a British television sitcom
* "Boss", an episode of ''
Life's Work''
* Bimorphic Organisational Systems Supervisor, fictional supercomputer in the ''Doctor Who'' television serial ''
The Green Death
''The Green Death'' is the fifth and final serial of the tenth season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in six weekly parts on BBC1 from 19 May to 23 June 1973. It was the last regular appe ...
''
Other
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Boss (video games)
In video games, a boss is a significant computer-controlled opponent. A fight with a boss character is commonly referred to as a boss battle or boss fight. Bosses are generally far stronger than other opponents the player has faced up to that ...
, a particularly powerful enemy or opponent in a video game
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Boss Radio
Boss Radio was the name of two radio programming formats, both launched in the early 1960s: One in the United States, and one in the United Kingdom. Although the names were the same, the formats were quite different.
The word "boss" was early 196 ...
, a 1960s pop radio format
* ''
Boss: Richard J. Daley of Chicago'', a 1971 book by Mike Royko
* ''The Boss'', a 1911 Broadway play by
Edward Sheldon
Edward Brewster Sheldon (Chicago, Illinois, February 4, 1886 – April 1, 1946, New York City) was an American dramatist. His plays include ''Salvation Nell'' (1908) and ''Romance'' (1913), which was made into a motion picture with Greta Garbo.
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Science and technology
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Boss (geology), a body of igneous rock
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Boss (engineering) In engineering, a boss is a protruding feature on a work piece. A common use for a boss is to locate one object within a pocket or hole of another object. For instance, some motors use a precisely machined boss on the front face to locate it on the ...
, an engineering term for a protrusion type feature
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BOSS (molecular mechanics) (Biochemical and Organic Simulation System), a molecular modeling program
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Balanced Optical SteadyShot, an image stabilization technology used in Sony video cameras
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Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey
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BOSS Great Wall
The BOSS Great Wall is a supercluster complex that was identified, using the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (BOSS) of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), in early 2016. It was discovered by a research team from several institutions, co ...
, the largest known galaxy wall
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Bharat Operating System Solutions
Bharat Operating System Solutions (BOSS GNU/Linux) is an Indian Linux distribution derived from Debian. BOSS Linux was released in four editions:
* BOSS Desktop (for personal use, home and office)
* EduBOSS (for schools and the education commu ...
, Linux distribution developed by NRCFOSS/C-DAC, India
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Big Occultable Steerable Satellite, a system for observing distant planets
* ''
Bride of sevenless'', a promoter for the ''sevenless'' gene
* "Boss", nickname of the robot that won the
2007 DARPA Grand Challenge
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Yahoo! Search BOSS, a web services platform initiative
Other uses
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Boss (architecture)
In architecture, a boss is a knob or protrusion of wood, stone, or metal.
Description
Bosses can often be found in the ceilings of buildings, particularly at the keystones at the intersections of a rib vault. In Gothic architecture, such ro ...
, a protruding stone, often decoratively carved
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Boss (soft drink), a brand of Japanese coffee-flavored beverages
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Boss Audio, a company that manufactures audio equipment for automotive and marine applications
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Boss Corporation, a company that manufactures guitar accessories and audio equipment
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Boulder Outdoor Survival School (BOSS), in Boulder, Utah
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Bureau of State Security (B.O.S.S.), a South African state security agency from 1966 to 1980
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Shield boss
A shield boss, or umbo, is a round, convex or conical piece of material at the centre of a shield. Shield bosses (or sometimes, just "bosses") are usually made of thick metal but could also be made of wood. The boss was originally designed to de ...
, the domed metal centre to a shield
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The Boss (roller coaster), a wooden roller coaster at Six Flags St. Louis
* A series of modified Ford engines used for NASCAR racing, including:
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Ford Boss 302 engine
The Ford 302 H.O. is a high-performance "small block" V8 engine manufactured by Ford Motor Company. The original version of this engine was used in the 1969 and 1970 Boss 302 Mustangs and Cougar Eliminators and was constructed by attaching heads ...
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Boss 351
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Boss 429
The Boss 429 Mustang is a high-performance Ford Mustang variant that was offered by Ford in 1969 and 1970. Engine builder Jon Kasse currently reproduces the cylinder heads that make up the "boss 9" engine architecture.
Overview
The Boss 429 i ...
* "Boss", the bone shield of some adult
Bovinae
Bovines (subfamily Bovinae) comprise a diverse group of 10 genera of medium to large-sized ungulates, including cattle, bison, African buffalo, water buffalos, and the four-horned and spiral-horned antelopes. The evolutionary relationship betwe ...
bull's horns
* Boss, the bony mass on the skull of some dinosaurs from family
Ceratopsidae
Ceratopsidae (sometimes spelled Ceratopidae) is a family of ceratopsian dinosaurs including ''Triceratops'', '' Centrosaurus'', and ''Styracosaurus''. All known species were quadrupedal herbivores from the Upper Cretaceous. All but one species are ...
* Boss, the hub of a
propeller
* Boss, an alternate name for one personality type in the
Enneagram of Personality
The Enneagram of Personality, or simply the Enneagram (from the Greek words meaning "nine"and meaning something "written" or "drawn", is a model of the human psyche which is principally understood and taught as a typology of nine interco ...
theory
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Hugo Boss
Hugo Boss AG, often styled as BOSS, is a luxury fashion house headquartered in Metzingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The company sells clothing, accessories, footwear, and fragrances. Hugo Boss is one of the largest German clothing companies, ...
, often stylised as BOSS, a German fashion house
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BOSS GP
The BOSS GP Series is a motor racing series in Europe. The category originated in 1995 as the BOSS Formula series and evolved into the EuroBOSS Series.
BOSS is an acronym that stands for ''Big Open Single Seaters''.
History
The BOSS series ...
, European motor racing series
See also
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Bos (disambiguation)
''Bos'' is a genus of domestic cattle.
Bos, BOS or BoS may also refer to:
Companies and organizations
* Bank of Scotland
* Bilbao Orkestra Sinfonikoa, a symphony orchestra in Bilbao, Basque Country
* B.O.S. Better Online Solutions, an Israeli ...
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El Jefe (disambiguation)
''El Jefe'' (f. La Jefa) is a Spanish term meaning "the chief" or "the boss". It may refer to:
People
* "El Jefe", a less-common nickname for former Cuban President Fidel Castro (deriving from his title as ''Comandante en Jefe'' or "Commander-in-C ...
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Snoop Dogg ("The Boss Dogg", born 1971), American rapper and record producer
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Vic Sotto
Marvic Valentin Castelo Sotto (; born April 28, 1954), professionally known as Vic Sotto, is a Filipino actor, singer and comedian known far and wide for his various television and film projects on the major Philippine television networks GMA ...
, Filipino television personality nicknamed "Bossing"
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Swelling (medical), referred to as bossing
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Ray Traylor
Ray Washington Traylor Jr. (May 2, 1963 – September 22, 2004) was an American professional wrestler best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) under the ring name Big Boss Man, as well as for his appearances with ...
(1963–2004), professional wrestler once known as "The Boss"
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Who's the Boss (disambiguation) Who's The Boss or Who's the Boss may refer to:
*'' Who's the Boss?'', an American sitcom series
* ''Who's the Boss?'' (album), 1989 album by Antoinette
* ''Who's the Boss'' (album), 2006 album by St. Lunatics
* ''Who's the Boss?'' (2013 film), a ...
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