Bosse
English
editEtymology
editVarious 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.
Proper noun
editBosse (plural Bosses)
- A surname.
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Bosse is the 8222nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4036 individuals. Bosse is most common among White (90.26%) individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bosse”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 201.
French
editProper noun
editBosse ?
- a surname
German
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editBorrowed from French bosse (“bump, hump”).
Noun
editBosse f (genitive Bosse, plural Bossen)
Declension
editDeclension of Bosse [feminine]
Derived terms
editEtymology 2
editNoun
editBosse
Swedish
editEtymology
editAffix of Bo + -s (“genitive”) + s (“gemination”) + -e (“hypocoristic suffix”).
Compare with Swedish male hypocoristic forming.
Proper noun
editBosse c (genitive Bosses)
- 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.
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