busby
Americannoun
plural
busbies-
a tall fur hat with a baglike ornament hanging from the top over the right side.
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the bearskin hat worn by certain British guardsmen.
noun
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a tall fur helmet with a bag hanging from the top to the right side, worn by certain soldiers, usually hussars, as in the British Army
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(not in official usage) another name for bearskin
noun
Etymology
Origin of busby
First recorded in 1755–65; originally, a bushy wig; of obscure origin
Example Sentences
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The sapper of grenadiers of the Imperial Guard wore a big black fur busby, a forked beard, white gaiters, a pure white cassock under a black white-cuffed jacket, crossed white bandoliers.
From Time Magazine Archive
By the Chevrolet exhibit stood a tall young man in the red costume and black busby of the Scots Guards.
From Time Magazine Archive
Passing the balcony of the Horse Guards Building where stood Mary, the Queen Mother and Queen Elizabeth, King George looked up from under his extinguisher of a busby and smiled.
From Time Magazine Archive
A thunderstorm threatened, the morning was muggy-hot and to wear a busby was to be almost drowned in sweat, but His Majesty's duty was clear.
From Time Magazine Archive
And the same click in the brain told Adam that his father was not a great man, that he was, indeed, a very strong-willed and concentrated little man wearing a huge busby.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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