Busher

name, noun, slang

name, noun, slang ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A major league baseball player who has recently come from a small league. US, slang

    "He was talking about me all the time that day in Boston, standing with the bat boy, making cracks. That's all right but when he called me a busher in front of the whole Yank team and then challenged me, I had to fight."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

Example

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"He was talking about me all the time that day in Boston, standing with the bat boy, making cracks. That's all right but when he called me a busher in front of the whole Yank team and then challenged me, I had to fight."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From bush + -er.

Etymology 2

Americanized spelling of either German Buscher or French Bouchard.

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