Meanings
busher1
nounbusher (plural bushers)
plural bushers
- USslangball gamesA major league baseball player who has recently come from a small league.
He was talking about me all the time that day in Boston, standing with the bat boy, making cracks. That's all right but when he called me a busher in front of the whole Yank team and then challenged me, I had to fight.
August 1952, Baseball Digest Page 37
Busher2
Origin
Busher · proper noun
- FrenchBouchard
- GermanBuscher
- EnglishBusher
Americanized spelling of either German Buscher or French Bouchard.
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APA
busher. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/busher
MLA
“busher.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/busher. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “busher,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/busher.
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