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

Sherika Sherard, a busker in the capital, said London was a great place to "find yourself and to have more experiences".

From BBC ● May 13, 2026

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

I’m on a low rung of the ladder, just above busker.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 4, 2023

‘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

In 2008, shortly before Oasis split up, Liam declared that he "can't stand singing that song" - the acoustically-driven ballad that launched a thousand buskers.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026

The council said it had prosecuted seven people for 21 separate offences since September last year, and that it "regularly seized equipment from unlicensed buskers, including in and around Leicester Square".

From BBC ● Apr. 1, 2025

I listen to buskers and eat unhealthy snacks.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 16, 2024

The Market’s 9 acres include more than 220 shops and restaurants and over 160 craftspeople, plus farmers and buskers, according to its website.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 29, 2023

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

From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd

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