Did you mayhaps mean bass?
Definitions
Etymologies
- Inflected forms. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The word boss comes from the Dutch word baas which literally means master.”
“The word "boss" is derived from the Dutch baas, meaning”
“The pamphlet said "the baboon is in office" and the "baas" (former provincial commissioner Chris Serfontein) had left.”
“Some told stories of being asked to address young white police officers as "baas" (Afrikaans for ` boss ').”
“The rest of the song has Mafokate pleading, tongue in cheek with the white "baas" (overlord) not to call him "kaffir" while the”
“Mr Phosa said the "baas" mentality of the past no longer existed, and that if anyone called another a "kaffir", the aggrieved party should take the matter to court.”
“Party, Mr Qunta said it showed the critical role that needed to be played by Azapo in urging blacks to be self-reliant and not regard the white man as the "baas" of the old days.”
“Farmers 'insistence on being addressed as "baas" or "missus" was not conciliatory.”
“He recalls, as typical suffering of his generation, the task of delivering a letter from his white "baas" (master) to another nearby white farmer.”
“He insults every black police man and woman in this country by insinuating that they will not be able to do their work without the supervision of the white "baas".”
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