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busker

UK/ˈbʌskə//ˈbʌskɚ/

busker noun: a person who solicits donations while entertaining the public, often by playing a musical instrument, on a street or in another public area such as a park or marketplace.

Noun

busker (plural buskers)

  1. A person who solicits donations while entertaining the public, often by playing a musical instrument, on a street or in another public area such as a park or marketplace.

busker meaning in Kannada

busker in Kannada

ಹಾಡಿ ಬೇಡುವವನು, ಅಲೆಮಾರಿ ಹಾಡುಗಾರ, ದಾಸಯ್ಯ

Forms of busker

pluralbuskers

Origin of busker

From busk + -er.

Questions about busker

What does busker mean?
Busker means a person who solicits donations while entertaining the public, often by playing a musical instrument, on a street or in another public area such as a park or marketplace.
What is busker in Kannada?
Busker in Kannada is ಹಾಡಿ ಬೇಡುವವನು, ಅಲೆಮಾರಿ ಹಾಡುಗಾರ, ದಾಸಯ್ಯ. See Busker meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is busker?
Busker is a noun.
How do you pronounce busker?
Busker is pronounced /ˈbʌskɚ/ (US).
What is the plural of busker?
The plural of busker is buskers.

Words near busker in the dictionary

  1. busk
  2. busk it
  3. Buske
  4. busked
  5. busked it
  6. busker
  7. buskers
  8. Buskerud
  9. Buskes
  10. busket
  11. buskets

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Adapted from Wiktionary: busker (page history and authors); busker (Kannada 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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