Motorbus
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A motorized bus or coach.
"“[…]a motor-’bus scorching round into the Square from the Haymarket was swept into the air, and shivered into fragments.” “Professor,” I exclaimed, “a motor-’bus!” “I know how impossible it must sound,” said Professor Henry Tellurin,[…]"
- 2 a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport wordnet
Example
More examples"“[…]a motor-’bus scorching round into the Square from the Haymarket was swept into the air, and shivered into fragments.” “Professor,” I exclaimed, “a motor-’bus!” “I know how impossible it must sound,” said Professor Henry Tellurin,[…]"
Etymology
From motor + bus.
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