autobus

[ aw-tuh-buhs ]

noun

, plural au·to·bus·es, au·to·bus·ses.

1. bus ¹( def 1 ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of autobus¹

An Americanism dating back to 1895–1900; auto- ² + bus ¹

Example Sentences

In landlocked Granada, group tours command vans, taxis and autobuses, pushing to the side pedestrians like myself hiking the uphill cobblestone streets of the old Muslim quarter of Albayzin.

From New York Times

Anar's business has boomed with regular help from his father's ministry, receiving exclusive government contracts, a near monopoly on Baku's taxi business and even a free fleet of autobuses.

From US News

He rode in the “autobus,” the ragtag collection of sprinters and exhausted racers who band together and time their procession to finish just fast enough to avoid being eliminated from the Tour.

From Newsweek

At five o'clock he was taken to a hospital, having been run over by an autobus.

From Project Gutenberg

The battalion is to be carried to the front in the same string of groaning autobuses which brought out its weary predecessors.

From Project Gutenberg