UNDERBOSS

underboss

(noun) an assistant or second-in-command to a chief (especially in a crime syndicate)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

underboss (plural underbosses)

An assistant to the boss of a crime family

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

9 March 2025

CLOG

(verb) fill to excess so that function is impaired; “Fear clogged her mind”; “The story was clogged with too many details”


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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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