New American Oxford Dictionary
baas
baas |bɑːs | ▶noun S. African, often offensive a supervisor or employer, especially a white man in charge of coloured or black people. ORIGIN Dutch, ‘master ’; compare with boss 1 .
baasie
baasie |ˈbɑːsi | ▶noun S. African, often offensive a form of address to a young white male. ORIGIN Afrikaans (from earlier Dutch baasje ), literally ‘little master ’.
Oxford Dictionary
baas
baas |bɑːs | ▶noun S. African, often offensive a supervisor or employer, especially a white man in charge of coloured or black people. ORIGIN Dutch, ‘master ’; compare with boss 1 .
baasie
baasie |ˈbɑːsi | ▶noun S. African, often offensive a form of address to a young white male. ORIGIN Afrikaans (from earlier Dutch baasje ), literally ‘little master ’.
Duden Dictionary
Baas
Baas Substantiv, maskulin norddeutsch, besonders Seemannssprache , der |B aa s |niederländisch baas < mittelniederländisch baes, Herkunft ungeklärt Herr, Meister, Aufseher, Vermittler