Definition of "bossman"

bossman

/ˈbɒsmæn/

noun
plural bossmen
1. (often mildly derogatory) A male boss or employer.
  Quotations
  Valerie nodded her head and added, "The workers don't back you up. They want to cooperate when they don't see the bossman, but as they see the bossman, they get frightened. […]
  2004, quoted in Laurie Kroshus Medina, Negotiating Economic Development
2. (vocative)
  1. Used as a term of address for an unfamiliar, possibly distrusted man: bud, buddy, friend.
  2. Used as a term of address for a man who appears courageous: boss.