minibus

[min-ee-buhs]

noun

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

minibus

/ ˈmɪnɪˌbʌs /

noun

1. a small bus able to carry approximately ten passengers

Word History and Origins

Origin of minibus¹

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

Example Sentences

The family had been offered support, including assistance from the charity Barnardo's and a place on a minibus that could collect the girl from home on school days.

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The minibus passengers will include Owen Cooper, who played the young suspect, and Erin Doherty, who played a psychologist.

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Heavily armored Border Patrol officers with a fleet of white minibuses partially blocked the streets surrounding the park, which has become a source of crime and drugs in the area in the last few years.

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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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