trail boss
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of trail boss
An Americanism dating back to 1885–90
Example Sentences
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Even Sam Elliott, a veteran of dozens of TV and movie westerns, flatly described the process of filming his role as the grief-stricken trail boss Shea Brennan as “difficult.”
From New York Times • Dec. 16, 2021
One of Eastwood's earliest roles came in the form of Rowdy Yates, an assistant to a cattle drive trail boss Gil Favor.
From Fox News • May 31, 2020
During spring break, I was the trail boss for an environmental cleanup crew.
From The Guardian • Sep. 6, 2018
By the late '40s, he had graduated to fatherhood: topkick Marine to a platoon of shavetails or trail boss to a bunch of saddle tramps.
From Time Magazine Archive
One, a trail boss of the O X, was drowned while swimming his herd across a swollen river.
From Hunting the Grisly and Other Sketches by Roosevelt, Theodore
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