bossy

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

  1. offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power“an autocratic person”“autocratic behavior”“a bossy way of ordering others around”“a rather aggressive and dominating character”“managed the employees in an aloof magisterial way”“a swaggering peremptory manner”Synonyms: autocraticdominatinghigh-and-mightymagisterialperemptory
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Bossy \Boss"y\, a. Ornamented with bosses; studded. [1913 Webster]

Bossy \Bos"sy\, n. [Dim. fr. Prov. E. boss in boss-calf, buss-calf, for boose-calf, prop., a calf kept in the stall. See 1st Boose.] A cow or calf; -- familiarly so called. [U. S.] [1913 Webster]
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