busker

noun

busk·​er ˈbə-skər 

chiefly British

: a person who entertains in a public place for donations

busk

ˈbəsk 

intransitive verb

Examples of busker in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Meyers noted that most buskers don’t wear clown masks from the Czech Republic. — Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 17 July 2026

Nonedible attractions include buskers, balloon animals and monthly knife sharpening. — John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 7 July 2026

Young buskers strum ukuleles outside Brad Walker Pottery on this day, harmonizing to a Jason Mraz song that was popular before they were born. — John Archibald, Southern Living, 11 June 2026

The downtown Saturday farmer's market is one of this city's bedrock institutions – a blocks-long parade of vendors and buskers in the shade of soaring elms. — Dirk Vanderhart, NPR, 11 May 2026

Word History

Etymology

busk, probably from Italian buscare to procure, gain, from Spanish buscar to look for

First Known Use

1851, in the meaning defined above