baas

An employer, a boss (frequently used as a form of address).

Noun South Africa

  1. An employer, a boss (frequently used as a form of address).

    South Africa

    • ‘That's not what I'm complaining about, Baas,’ said Gordon. - 1979, André Brink, A Dry White Season, Vintage, published 1998, page 40
    • ‘Excuse me, baas,’ she said, 'you have knowing eyes.' - 1932, George Bernard Shaw, The Adventures of the Black Girl in her Search for God, Hesperus Press Limited, published 1961, page 11

Origin

Borrowed from Afrikaans baas. Doublet of boss.

Forms

baases

Noun form of, plural

  1. plural of baa

Origin

Inflected forms.

Verb

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of baa