minibus

noun mini·bus \ -ˌbəs \

|Updated on: 5 Jun 2018

Definition of minibus

: a small bus or van

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Recent Examples of minibus from the Web

Soldiers filled one minibus and two trucks with people before driving them to Kanilai, Jammeh’s hometown, according to multiple victims taken on the buses and witnesses who saw them leave.

— sally hayden, The Seattle Times, "Gambia’s dictator ordered a witch hunt; this village is still haunted by it," 28 May 2018
The money is funding renovations to the club house, with a new television and a better kitchen, as well as a new minibus and uniforms for Agen's players.

— john leicester, Fox News, "Small clubs cross fingers for World Cup windfalls," 20 May 2018
The money is funding renovations to the club house, with a new television and a better kitchen, as well as a new minibus and uniforms for Agen’s players.

— Washington Post, "Small clubs cross fingers for World Cup windfalls," 20 May 2018
Normally limited to a remote mountainous area of the country, the bacterial disease spread to the capital, Antananarivo, and other cities after one man contracted it in the hinterlands and took a commuter minibus through the capital to the coast.

— robyn dixon, latimes.com, "As Ebola outbreak threatens nine African countries, new vaccine is main hope for preventing a major epidemic," 18 May 2018
South African civil-society group AfriForum last year announced plans to privately prosecute Duduzane Zuma on culpable homicide charges after a passenger died when his car collided with a minibus taxi four years ago.

— Bloomberg.com, "How South Africa Is Cleaning House After Zuma’s Eviction," 21 Apr. 2018
South African civil-society group AfriForum last year announced plans to privately prosecute Duduzane Zuma on culpable homicide charges after a passenger died when his car collided with a minibus taxi four years ago.

— Bloomberg.com, "How South Africa Is Cleaning House After Zuma’s Eviction," 21 Apr. 2018
McGregor allegedly threw something through the window of a minibus, injuring a passenger, according to the source.

— steve almasy and dianne gallagher, CNN, "UFC star Conor McGregor turns himself in after alleged bus attack," 6 Apr. 2018
Take the tiny autonomous minibus that scoots around downtown Las Vegas.

— alissa walker, Curbed, "It’s time to delete Uber from our cities," 23 Mar. 2018

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