busby

plural busbies · plural busbys

1. A fur hat, usually with a plume in the front, worn by certain members of the military or brass bands.

   His head was shaped like a busby, a high solid arrogant rock, covered with thick moss.

   1976 September, Saul Bellow, Humboldt’s Gift, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 54

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   […] many Khorassanis wearing huge sheepskin busbies, similar to the head-gear of the Roumanians and Tabreez Turks of Ovahjik and the Perso-Turkish border.

   1887, Thomas Stevens, chapter IV, in Around the World on a Bicycle, Vol. II: From Teheran to Yokohama, London: Sampson Low […] , pages 71–72

   They were a fine lot of fellows, in their pale blue, tight-fitting jackets, jaunty busbys and white riding breeches with the double yellow stripe […]

   1895, Robert W. Chambers, The King in Yellow

plural Busbys · alternative Buzby

1. A place name:
   1. countableuncountableA suburban village in East Renfrewshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS5756).
   2. countableuncountableA hamlet in Westlock County, Alberta, Canada.
   3. countableuncountableSynonym of Umpire, Arkansas.

      Synonyms: Umpire, Arkansas

   4. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Elk County, Kansas, United States.
   5. countableuncountableA census-designated place in Big Horn County, Montana, United States.
   6. countableuncountableA suburb of Sydney in the City of Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia, named after James Busby.
2. countableuncountableA habitational surname from Old Norse.