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Bossier vs Bosser - What's the difference?

bossier | bosser |

As an adjective bossier

is (bossy).

As a noun bosser is

water.

bossier

English

Adjective

(head)
  • (bossy)

    • bossy

    English

    Etymology 1

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Tending to give orders to others, especially when unwarranted; domineering.
    • Synonyms
    * dictatorial, authoritarian, commanding, tyrannical, demanding, inflexible * see also

    Etymology 2

    Diminutive of dialectal English boss, as used in the term ).

    Noun

    (bossies)
  • (US, informal, dated) A cow or calf.
  • * about 1900 , O. Henry,
    • A week before, while riding the prairies, Raidler had come upon a sick and weakling calf deserted and bawling. Without dismounting he had reached and slung the distressed bossy across his saddle, and dropped it at the ranch for the boys to attend to.

    Etymology 3

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Ornamented with bosses; studded.
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    bosser

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (UK, dialect) A large marble.
  • * 1953 , Arthur Beckett, The Sussex County Magazine (volume 27, page 60)
    • the ultimate winner is the man with the greatest number of marbles when play comes to an end. The games at Battle at the present time are played with glass marbles and locally made “bossers ” of concrete.
  • * 1997 , Iona Archibald Opie, ?Peter Opie, Children's games with things (page 54)
    • Modern children, having only machine-made glass marbles, are restricted to names describing their size, or the names under which they are sold, or fanciful names of their own inventing. Thus big marbles are big 'uns, bossers , bulls or bullies
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