[a political]. The leader of a corrupt following. Chief example, Boss Tweed of New York.
1908. As for the political boss,… cannot C. P. Taft be allowed to enjoy in peace his alliance with the worst boss in Ohio?—N.Y. Ev. Post, Dec. 28.
1911. The pathos of Senator Lorimer’s rise from bootblack to boss has received scant courtesy at the hands of the Bribery Investigating Committee of his own State Senate.—Id., May 18.
