"ボス" meaning in All languages combined

See ボス on Wiktionary

Noun [Japanese]

Forms: bosu [romanization]
Etymology: From English boss. Etymology templates: {{bor|ja|en|boss}} English boss Head templates: {{ja-noun}} ボス • (bosu)
  1. a boss, especially of a criminal organization
    Sense id: en-ボス-ja-noun-pGHpb35N
  2. a leader of a group of animals
    Sense id: en-ボス-ja-noun-Vn-rnXVw
  3. (video games) boss (a particularly challenging enemy that must be beaten in order to progress) Categories (topical): Video games
    Sense id: en-ボス-ja-noun-od0Fxsmr Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese katakana, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 8 34 58 Disambiguation of Japanese katakana: 15 23 62 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 5 30 64 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 5 28 67 Topics: video-games
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 親分 (ruby: 親分(おやぶん)) (english: oyabun)

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