Bosse

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.

Bosse (plural Bosses)

1. A surname.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Bosse is the 8222^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4036 individuals. Bosse is most common among White (90.26%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bosse”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 201.

Bosse ?

1. a surname

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔsə/

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• Hyphenation: Bos‧se

Borrowed from French bosse (“bump, hump”).

Bosse f (genitive Bosse, plural Bossen)

1. bossage

• bossieren

Bosse

1. nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Boss

Affix of Bo +‎ -s (“genitive”) +‎ s (“gemination”) +‎ -e (“hypocoristic suffix”).

Compare with Swedish male hypocoristic forming.

Bosse c (genitive Bosses)

1. a diminutive of the male given name Bo
   • 1997, Majgull Axelsson, Aprilhäxan, Pan, published 2006, →ISBN, page 126:

     Bakom dem flockades deras familjer: var sin hustru - Bitte för Stig, Anita för Gunnar - och sammanlagt fem vattenkammade söner i olika storlekar. Alla bar de den nya tidens sladdriga namn: Bosse, Kjelle, Lasse, Olle och Ante.

     Behind them, their families gathered: each with a wife - Bitte for Stig, Anita for Gunnar - and a total of five well-groomed sons of various sizes. They all carried the casual names of the new era: Bosse, Kjelle, Lasse, Olle, and Ante.