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minibus

[min-ee-buhs]

noun

  1. a small bus, seating about 15 passengers and typically transporting people short distances.



minibus

/ ˈɪɪˌʌ /

noun

  1. a small bus able to carry approximately ten passengers

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of minibus1

1840–50; mini- + bus 1; the 19th-century word, meaning “small carriage,” perhaps mini(mum) + (omni)bus
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Example Sentences

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But longer commutes, often by bus or minibus taxi, to safer schools come with their own dangers and stresses.

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A vigil has taken place for an 11-year-old boy who was one of two children to die after a minibus overturned on a motorway slip road.

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A minibus carrying schoolchildren has been swept away by heavy flooding in South Africa, a spokesperson for the Eastern Cape provincial government has told the BBC.

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An 11-year-old boy has become the second child to die after a minibus overturned on a motorway slip road.

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The couple – along with two of their colleagues – immediately headed to the scene in four minibuses to help.

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