minibus

noun

mini·​bus ˈmi-nē-ˌbəs How to pronounce minibus (audio)
: a small bus or van

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The details that remained were the reckless arrival of the yellow and brown minibus as our long line of schoolchildren filed down NTC Road, marching toward the YMCA for Sports Friday. Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025 At dawn on Saturdays, we would be driven in a convoy of minibuses from a soothingly nondescript hotel in Bristol to Harptree Court, a classical Georgian-era country home, on the grounds of which the tent had been put up. Ruby Tandoh, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025 The Sohjoa Baltic project in the Baltic region, for instance, has conducted pilot tests of unmanned electric minibuses in Helsinki, Kongsberg and Tallinn, providing mobility access to 19,437 passengers, including individuals with disabilities. Nadezhda Kosareva, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025 On Saturday, two people died and 16 were wounded when a Russian drone hit a minibus in the suburbs of the Ukrainian city of Kherson, said regional Gov. Oleksandr Prokudin. Samya Kullab, Arkansas Online, 10 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for minibus

Word History

First Known Use

1958, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of minibus was in 1958

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“Minibus.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/minibus. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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minibus

noun
mini·​bus ˈmin-i-ˌbəs How to pronounce minibus (audio)
: a small bus

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