Bossmanとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From boss +‎ man.

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˈbɒsmæn/
• (General American, New England) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔsmæn/, /ˈbɑs-/
• ハイフネーション: boss‧man

名詞

bossman (複数形 bossmen) (originally US, informal)

1. (often mildly derogatory) A male boss or employer. [from 1930s.]

   Coordinate terms: bosslady, bosswoman

   • 2004, quoted in Laurie Kroshus Medina, Negotiating Economic Development:

     Valerie nodded her head and added, "The workers don't back you up. They want to cooperate when they don't see the bossman, but as they see the bossman, they get frightened. […]

2. (vocative)
   1. Used as a term of address for an unfamiliar, possibly distrusted man: bud, buddy, friend.

      You should watch what you say, bossman.

      I don’t know what to tell you, bossman.

   2. Used as a term of address for a man who appears courageous: boss.

      You really showed them, bossman. What’s your name?

別の表記

• boss man, boss-man

参考

• mensch
• the man

Further reading

• bossman (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.
• “boss-man, n.” under “boss, n.⁶”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2022.
• “bossman, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “boss man”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.