chiefly British
: a person who entertains in a public place for donations
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Then linger on the touristy yet captivating Place du Tertre, a blur of bistros, buskers, and open-air artists vying for the business of getting your kids to sit for a caricature or portrait.
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Elissa Garay, AFAR Media, 3 Sep. 2025
The sidewalks are dotted with buskers, and the crowds spill into the streets.
—Taylor McIntyre, Travel + Leisure, 24 Aug. 2025
Although digital payments have helped buskers make up for a decline in cash tips, performers are still struggling.
—Evie Steele, NBC news, 9 Aug. 2025
Her vision of brutally honest modern soul fits folk and pop punk in its frame; this is license for the Canadian YouTube busker, Usher protégé, and sometime wild boy to access all those parts of himself.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 14 July 2025
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Elissa Garay, AFAR Media, 3 Sep. 2025
The sidewalks are dotted with buskers, and the crowds spill into the streets.
—Taylor McIntyre, Travel + Leisure, 24 Aug. 2025
Although digital payments have helped buskers make up for a decline in cash tips, performers are still struggling.
—Evie Steele, NBC news, 9 Aug. 2025
Her vision of brutally honest modern soul fits folk and pop punk in its frame; this is license for the Canadian YouTube busker, Usher protégé, and sometime wild boy to access all those parts of himself.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 14 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for busker
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“Busker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/busker. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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