baas

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English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Dutch baas.

Noun[edit]

baas (plural baases)

  1. (South Africa) An employer, a boss. Frequently as a form of address.
    • 1979, André Brink, A Dry White Season, Vintage 1998, p. 40:
      ‘That's not what I'm complaining about, Baas,’ said Gordon.

Etymology 2[edit]

Inflected forms.

Noun[edit]

baas

  1. Plural form of baa

Verb[edit]

baas

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of baa.

Anagrams[edit]


Dutch[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

baas m (plural bazen, diminutive baasje, feminine bazin)

  1. A boss, chief, superior
  2. An employer; manager
  3. (figuratively) A crack, master, expert at something
  4. (figuratively) A whopper, a large one in its kind
  5. (diminutive: baasje) A fellow, boy, especially a youngling or novice

Derived terms[edit]


Hiligaynon[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Spanish bajar.

Verb[edit]

báas

  1. diminish, lessen