bus captain

Singapore/bʌs ˈkaptɪn/

noun

A bus driver who also functions as a bus conductor along with other duties such as ensuring proper care for the bus.

Meanings

nounbus captain (plural bus captains)

plural bus captains

  1. SingaporeA bus driver who also functions as a bus conductor along with other duties such as ensuring proper care for the bus.

    The bus captain informed her that the journey cost $1.60.

    2011, Ruth Cheng, TODAY (Singapore), page 13
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    There is hardly any justification for a fare hike just to pay for and retain the bus captains, which was what SBS's Mrs Cheng had used as a justification.

    2001, Sintercom, Not ST Forum: Bus fare hike, Google Groups

    This includes an annual wage supplement and a year-end annual variable bonus in place of the initial ex-gratia and sign-on bonuses given to Chinese bus captains on two-year contracts like the one He was on.

    2013, Jeanette Tan, Yahoo! News

    Go-Ahead Singapore, the country’s fourth public bus operator, has raised the basic starting pay of its local bus captains by about 4.6 per cent, in a move that comes on the back of recent pay hikes announced by two of its rivals.

    2016, Kenneth Cheng, TODAY (Singapore) 1 July (Online)

    The 34-year-old started his training to be a bus captain in February and has been driving with SBS Transit since April this year.

    2017, Zhaki Abdullah, Straits Times

Origin

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APA

bus captain. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bus%20captain

MLA

“bus captain.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bus%20captain. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bus captain,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bus%20captain.

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