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boss NOUN /BOSS/
What does it mean?
  1. the person (as an employer or supervisor) who tells workers what to do
  2. the head of a group; especially
  3. a powerful politician who controls all party business
How do you use it?

Dad told us to hustle so we wouldn't be late to the party he and his co-workers were throwing for their boss.