Boss and General

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Boss noun - The person (as an employer or supervisor) who tells people and especially workers what to do.

Usage example: every morning the boss hands out a list of top-priority tasks

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General and boss are semantically related. In some cases you can use "General" instead a noun "Boss".

Nearby Words: bossy, bossed, bossing

General noun - A fact about the whole (as opposed to particular).

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Boss and general are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Boss" instead a noun "General".

Suikoden I: Almost everyone agrees that the Zombie Dragon wasn't just a hard boss for the level, it's a really hard boss in general.

Source: Wake-Up Call Boss
The general rule of thumb is that if you find yourself saying "Hey, that was surprisingly easy." after a boss battle, it was probably the first stage of a Sequential Boss.

Source: Trick Boss
In general, any alternate universe based on a videogame will include an encounter with every boss (or every boss with a name), in order.

Source: The Stations of the Canon

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