busman

[ buhs-muhn ]

noun

, plural bus·men.

1. a person who operates a bus.

Word History and Origins

Origin of busman¹

First recorded in 1850–55; bus ¹ + -man

Example Sentences

“In a way, we’re living Halloween every day, so painting my daughter’s face was really a bit of a busman’s holiday,” Barrie Gower says with a laugh.

From Los Angeles Times

O’Connor plucked this Prince song from an album by his busman’s holiday the Family — the Purple One didn’t even design to release it on his own — and turned it into an uncommonly somber torch song.

From Los Angeles Times

And yet, these charming pieces represent not work for hire so much as a kind of busman’s holiday, in which the author could let down his guard.

From Los Angeles Times

Sequestered with his family for 18 months in their 1955 cabin in Esopus, New York, he embarked on a long busman’s holiday.

From Seattle Times

When she was on vacation one summer in Europe -- or what she joked was a busman’s holiday—she agreed to speak at medical schools and hospitals.

From Scientific American