Omnibus

Quick meaning: Omnibus is a noun meaning An anthology of previously released material linked together by theme or author, especially in book form.

Meaning

An anthology of previously released material linked together by theme or author, especially in book form.

More Meanings

1. A broadcast programme consisting of all of the episodes of a serial that have been shown in the previous week.
2. (philately) A stamp issue, usually commemorative, that appears simultaneously in several countries as a joint issue.
3. an omnibus box.
4. Containing multiple items.
5. Of a transportation service, calling at every station, as opposed to express; local.
6. (dated) A bus (vehicle for transporting large numbers of people along roads).
7. (obsolete, slang, chiefly US) An assistant waiter.

Example Sentences

Baldrick, I want you to take this [money] and go out, and buy a turkey so large you'd think its mother had been rogered by an omnibus.

"Please," his voice quavered through the foul brown air, "Please, is that an omnibus?" / "Omnibus est," said the driver, without turning round.

Omnibuses were advertised to run in connection with the trains to and from points in the City and West End; fare to the former 3d., to the latter 6d. from Bricklayers Arms.

When he came back to his work after lunch he carried in his head a picture of the Strand, scatted with omnibuses, and of the purple shapes of leaves pressed flat upon the gravel, as if his eyes had always been bent upon the ground.

Word Forms

• omnibuses
• omnibusses
• omnibi
• omnibusing
• omnibussing
• omnibused
• omnibussed

Synonyms for omnibus

Depending on context, synonyms include busboy, busser, coach, jitney, bus, double-decker.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include jitney, autobus, bus, motorbus, motorcoach, double-decker.

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