busby
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 12
- Words With Friends
- 14
- Letters
- 5
/ˈbʌz.bi/
(UK)
Definition of busby
8 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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A fur hat, usually with a plume in the front, worn by certain members of the military or brass bands.
“[…] many Khorassanis wearing huge sheepskin busbies, similar to the head-gear of the Roumanians and Tabreez Turks of Ovahjik and the Perso-Turkish border.”
“They were a fine lot of fellows, in their pale blue, tight-fitting jackets, jaunty busbys and white riding breeches with the double yellow stripe […]”
“His head was shaped like a busby, a high solid arrogant rock, covered with thick moss.”
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noun
-
A fur hat, usually with a plume in the front, worn by certain members of the military or brass bands.
“[…] many Khorassanis wearing huge sheepskin busbies, similar to the head-gear of the Roumanians and Tabreez Turks of Ovahjik and the Perso-Turkish border.”
“They were a fine lot of fellows, in their pale blue, tight-fitting jackets, jaunty busbys and white riding breeches with the double yellow stripe […]”
“His head was shaped like a busby, a high solid arrogant rock, covered with thick moss.”
name
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- (countable, uncountable)A habitational surname from Old Norse.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Various theories; probably from the surname Busby.
Words you can make from busby
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