humblebee

[ huhm-buhl-bee ]

nounChiefly British.

Origin of humblebee

1
1400–50; late Middle English humbul-be; akin to Dutch hommel drone, German Hummelbiene kind of wild-bee, Middle Low German homelbe; probably akin to hum

Words Nearby humblebee

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

How to use humblebee in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for humblebee

humblebee

/ (ˈhʌmbəlˌbiː) /


noun
  1. another name for the bumblebee

Origin of humblebee

1
C15: related to Middle Dutch hommel bumblebee, Old High German humbal; see hum

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