busker

American  

[buhs-ker] / ˈbʌs kər /

noun

• buskers
  plural

1. someone who performs on the street or in a public place, especially for money.

   Buskers staked out small areas on the boardwalk to serenade the crowd with old-fashioned favorites and newfangled hits.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• buskers
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of busker

busk ( def. ) + -er ¹ ( def. )

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

busker buskers

She typically charges customers $60 for a photo, and even with the Strip steadily growing more expensive—when a snapshot with a busker costs roughly the same as a burger and beer—her financial model has broken.

From Slate ● Nov. 18, 2025

On the other side, a busker sang “Piano Man” by Billy Joel in perfect English.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2025

He said he asked one busker to turn the music down.

From BBC ● Apr. 1, 2025

At the roadside, a lone busker played the same tune over and over again on an electric piano, as a sea of protesters passed by.

From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2025

‘Wrong. He didn’t have the money, Kat. He’d spent it all. The disposable camera. The Mars bars. The Cokes. The busker.’

From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd

The one constant, however, was the music — whether it was attending concerts by Mano Negra and the Sugarcubes or listening to buskers performing José José karaoke at the border crossing.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2026

So casual payments, such as charity donations, honesty boxes, crafts stalls and rewarding buskers, are increasingly made digitally.

From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2025

Casual payments, such as charity donations, honesty boxes, crafts stalls and rewarding buskers, are increasingly made digitally.

From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2025

City officials are working with business owners in the area, the Downtown Seattle Association and Pike Place Market to cultivate the space, which might include pop-up food vendors, buskers and market extensions, Housen said.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 6, 2023

Then we went to this square where all the buskers perform.

From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd

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