noun
motorbus
Motorbus (noun) means (dated) A bus or coach powered by an engine.
noun
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(dated) A bus or coach powered by an engine.
"The world beyond the sugarcane fields was remote and the village was linked to it only by villagers’ carts and bicycles, wholesalers’ vans and lorries, and an occasional private motorbus that ran to no timetable and along no fixed route."
— V. S. Naipaul, A House for Mr Biswas (1961)
"In the afternoon the air became black with locusts, and some of the women shrieked, sinking to the floor of the motorbus and covering their hair with traveling rugs."
— F. Scott Fitzgerald, One Trip Abroad (1930)
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Etymology
Formed from motor and bus.
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What is the meaning of motorbus?
"motorbus" (noun) means (dated) A bus or coach powered by an engine.
What is another word for motorbus?
Other words for "motorbus" include jitney, charabanc, autobus, omnibus, bus, coach.
