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busby

/ˈbʌz.bi/

busby noun: a fur hat, usually with a plume in the front, worn by certain members of the military or brass bands.

busby: a fur hat, usually with a plume in the front, worn by certain members of the military or brass bands
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Noun

busby (plural busbies or busbys)

  1. A fur hat, usually with a plume in the front, worn by certain members of the military or brass bands.
    • […] many Khorassanis wearing huge sheepskin busbies, similar to the head-gear of the Roumanians and Tabreez Turks of Ovahjik and the Perso-Turkish border.1887, Thomas Stevens, chapter IV, in Around the World on a Bicycle, Vol. II: From Teheran to Yokohama, London: Sampson Low […] , pages 71–72
    • They were a fine lot of fellows, in their pale blue, tight-fitting jackets, jaunty busbys and white riding breeches with the double yellow stripe […]1895, Robert W. Chambers, The King in Yellow

Proper noun capitalized: Busby

Busby (countable and uncountable, plural Busbys)

  1. A suburban village in East Renfrewshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS5756).
  2. A hamlet in Westlock County, Alberta, Canada.
  3. Synonym of Umpire, Arkansas.
    Synonyms:
    Umpire, Arkansas
  4. An unincorporated community in Elk County, Kansas, United States.
  5. A census-designated place in Big Horn County, Montana, United States.
  6. A suburb of Sydney in the City of Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia, named after James Busby.
  7. A habitational surname from Old Norse.

busby meaning in Tamil

busby in Tamil

கம்பளிக் கவிப்பு

Synonyms of busby

Forms of busby

Noun
pluralbusbies
pluralbusbys
Proper noun
pluralBusbys
alternative formBuzby

Origin of busby

Various theories; probably from the surname Busby.

From Old Norse buskr (“bush”) + býr (“homestead, village”).

Words formed from busby

Phrases with busby

Questions about busby

What does busby mean?
Busby means a fur hat, usually with a plume in the front, worn by certain members of the military or brass bands.
What is busby in Tamil?
Busby in Tamil is கம்பளிக் கவிப்பு. See Busby meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is busby?
Busby can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce busby?
Busby is pronounced /ˈbʌz.bi/ (UK).
What is the plural of busby?
The plural of busby is busbies.

Words near busby in the dictionary

  1. Busbees
  2. busbies
  3. busboy
  4. busboys
  5. Busbridge
  6. busby
  7. Busby Babe
  8. Busby Babes
  9. busbys
  10. Busbys Flat
  11. buscadero

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Adapted from Wiktionary: busby (page history and authors); Busby (page history and authors); busby (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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