baas

/ (bɑːs) /

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noun

a South African word for a boss: often used by Black or Coloured people addressing a White manager or overseer

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Word Origin for baas

C17: from Afrikaans, from Middle Dutch baes master; see boss 1

Words nearby baas

baalebos, Baalism, baal kore, Baalshem, Baal Shem-Tov, baas, baaskap, Baath, Bāb, baba, baba au rhum

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How to use baas in a sentence

One baas was bigger than the other, and on his chest and on his body were pictures of birds, and beasts, and strange things.
Uncanny Tales|Various
We knew then that his medicine was bad medicine, otherwise the white baas without the pictures could not have killed him.
Uncanny Tales|Various
So we were wroth and made to slay the other baas, but he shot us down with a fire stick and returned to his own country in haste.
Uncanny Tales|Various
They are just as much a manufactured article as the little woolly "baa-baas" in the baby's Noah's Ark.
The Red Cow and Her Friends|Peter McArthur

Some already had them in hand, but delayed opening fire, a word from baas Rynwald restraining them.
The Vee-Boers|Mayne Reid

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