Usually means: Informal supervisor with limited authority.
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  1. straw boss: Merriam-Webster
  2. straw boss: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. straw boss: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. straw boss: Collins English Dictionary
  5. straw boss: Vocabulary.com
  6. straw-boss: Wordnik
  7. straw boss: Wiktionary
  8. straw boss: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. straw boss: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. straw-boss, straw boss: Dictionary.com
  11. straw boss: Rhymezone
  12. straw boss: FreeDictionary.org
  13. straw boss: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. straw boss: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. straw boss: Wordcraft Dictionary

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  1. straw boss: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (straw boss)

▸ noun:  (US) A worker acting as a supervisor of other workers.

Similar:
assistant foreman, boss, supervisor, overboss, leadman, mandor, captain, capataz, chargehand, pit boss, more...

Opposite:
top boss, manager, supervisor, leader, executive

Adjectives:
shadow, subaltern, imperial, special, boss, exempt, sir, second class, master, general, culinarian

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Similar:
assistant foreman, boss, supervisor, overboss, leadman, mandor, captain, capataz, chargehand, pit boss, more...

Opposite:
top boss, manager, supervisor, leader, executive

Adjectives:
shadow, subaltern, imperial, special, boss, exempt, sir, second class, master, general, culinarian



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