"Bosse" meaning in English

See Bosse in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: Bosses [plural]
Etymology: Various origins: * Borrowed from French Bosse or Bossé, a nickname for a hunchback, from bosse (“bump, hump”). * Borrowed from South German Bosse, a pet form of the personal name Burkhard. * Borrowed from Dutch Bosse, a variant of Bosch. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|Bosse}} French Bosse, {{bor|en|de|Bosse}} German Bosse, {{bor|en|nl|Bosse}} Dutch Bosse Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Bosse (plural Bosses)
  1. A surname.

Inflected forms

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