bosset

/ ˈbɒsɪt /

noun

1. either of the rudimentary antlers found in young deer

Word History and Origins

Origin of bosset¹

C19: from French bossette a small protuberance, from bosse boss ²

Example Sentences

Photograph: Stephanie Bosset/ Stephanie Bosset/Demotix/Corbis The new boss of , Ashley Almanza, faced a barrage of tough questions over the security company's business in Israel at his first meeting with shareholders on Thursday.

From The Guardian

Till 1813 it was in the hands of Major de Bosset, a Swiss in the British service, who displayed an industry and energy in the repression of injustice and development of civilization only outdone by the despotic vigour of Sir Charles Napier, who held the same office for the nine years from 1818 to 1827.

From Project Gutenberg

Trusting to the word of General Campbell, who had formally promised, on its surrender, that Parga should be classed along with the seven Ionian Isles; its grateful inhabitants were enjoying a delicious rest after the storm, when a letter from the Lord High Commissioner, addressed to Lieutenant-Colonel de Bosset, undeceived them, and gave warning of the evils which were to burst on the unhappy town.

From Project Gutenberg

Trusting to the word of General Campbell, who had formally promised, on its surrender, that Parga should be classed along with the seven Ionian Isles; its grateful inhabitants were enjoying a delicious rest after the storm, when a letter from the Lord High Commissioner, addressed to Lieutenant-Colonel de Bosset, undeceived them, and gave warning of the evils which were to burst on the unhappy town.

From Project Gutenberg