Usually means: Second in command to boss.
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  1. underboss: Merriam-Webster
  2. underboss: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. underboss: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. underboss: Collins English Dictionary
  5. underboss: Vocabulary.com
  6. Underboss, underboss: Wordnik
  7. underboss: Wiktionary
  8. underboss: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. underboss: Dictionary.com
  10. Underboss (book), Underboss: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. underboss: Rhymezone
  12. underboss: FreeDictionary.org
  13. underboss: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. underboss: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Underboss: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (underboss)

▸ noun:  An assistant to the boss of a crime family

Similar:
overboss, crime lord, straw boss, capo, jefe, bossman, second-in-command, capataz, undermaster, right-hand man, more...

Opposite:
boss, overboss, superior, manager, leader

Types:
consigliere, caporegime, soldier, associate, more...

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Similar:
overboss, crime lord, straw boss, capo, jefe, bossman, second-in-command, capataz, undermaster, right-hand man, more...

Opposite:
boss, overboss, superior, manager, leader

Types:
consigliere, caporegime, soldier, associate, more...



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