omnibi

Noun

omnibus (plural omnibuses or omnibusses or (nonstandard) omnibi)

1. (dated) A bus (vehicle for transporting large numbers of people along roads).
   • In front of the latter [coach-houses for railway carriages] is a handsome building, intended as offices for the clerks of the Company, coach-offices, and apartments for the reception and accommodation of passengers, who will be conveyed thither in omnibusses from Liverpool, and taking their...1830, James Scott Walker, “The Small Tunnel”, in An Accurate Description of the Liverpool and Manchester Rail-way, the Tunnel, the Bridges, and Other Works throughout the Line; an Account of the...
2. An anthology of previously released material linked together by theme or author, especially in book form.
   • This work is an omnibus containing all books in the Remembrance of Earth’s Past series.
3. A broadcast programme consisting of all of the episodes of a serial that have been shown in the previous week.
   • The omnibus edition of The Archers is broadcast every Sunday morning at 11:00.
4. A stamp issue, usually commemorative, that appears simultaneously in several countries as a joint issue.
   • [M]any of the African nations issuing the World Cup stamps have pandered to international collectors, with some stamps not even sold in the country of issue. These ‘omnibus’ stamps featured topics and individuals with no links to the issuing country. African stamps displaying Disney themes...2013, Agbenyega Adedze, “Visualizing the Game: The Iconography of Football on African Postage Stamps”, in Susann Baller, Giorgio Miescher, Ciraj Rassool, editors, Global Perspectives on Football in...
5. (US, obsolete, slang) An assistant waiter.
   • “Then you divide your army amongst the various houses where restorations are ordered for Jubilee day?” / “Certainly—say one waiter to ten guests—if it was a dinner we should send one waiter to six guests—with runners, of course.” / “Runners?” / “Omnibuses you call them here—young...1897 June 19, “The Jubilee Waiters. Some Words with the Maître d’Hôtel.”, in The Daily News, number 15,984, London, →OCLC, page 2, column 6

   Synonyms:

   busboy, busser

6. an omnibus box.

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