minibus

[ min-ee-buhs ]

noun

1. a small bus, seating about 15 passengers and typically transporting people short distances.

minibus

/ ˈmɪnɪˌbʌs /

noun

1. a small bus able to carry approximately ten passengers

Word History and Origins

Origin of minibus¹

1840–50; mini- + bus ¹; the 19th-century word, meaning “small carriage,” perhaps mini(mum) + (omni)bus

Example Sentences

Soon after then, he was taken in a group by minibus to the coast and, finally, put in the hands of one of the Kurdish gangs that control the small boat crossings.

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Rickshaws began to take over the city, pushing minibus drivers out of business.

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“It’s there to be done,” says the former waitress and minibus driver from Somerset, who has also run 522 marathons.

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He said that "the majority" of Frank's classmates were able to take a minibus to school because they fell under Solihull Council's transport policy, which covers all reception class pupils, regardless of their age.

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A few months back you could get all their MPs in a minibus.

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