battlebus
English
[ˈbætəɫbʌs]
noun
Definitions
- (UK) A coach used as a mobile operational centre by a particular political party during an election campaign.
- A bus or coach used as a personnel carrier for combatants to deliver them to the battlefield and then rolled on its side to provide cover against firearms.
Etymology
Compound from English battle (fruitful, n. attr, fertile) + English bus.
Origin
English
bus
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Airbus English
- airbus English
- articulated bus English
- autobus English
- bangbus English
- battailous English
- battle English
- battle-cruiser English
- battledress English
- battlefield English
- battlefront English
- battleground English
- battlegroup English
- battleline English
- battlemage English
- battleplan English
- battleplane English
- battler English
- battleship English
- battlesome English
- battlespace English
- battlest English
- battlesuit English
- battleth English
- battlewagon English
- battleward English
- battlewards English
- battleworks English
- battleworthy English
- battlezone English
- bookbus English
- bus English
- bus captain English
- busable English
- busbar English
- busboy English
- busfare English
- busful English
- busgirl English
- busless English
- buslike English
- busload English
- busman English
- busser English
- bussick English
- bussy English
- busway English
- city bus English
- citybus English
- commuter bus English
- cyberbattle English
- embus English
- gunbattle English
- helibus English
- main battle tank English
- metrobus English
- microbus English
- midbattle English
- minibattle English
- minibus English
- motorbus English
- multibus English
- nonbattle English
- outbattle English
- overbattle English
- playbus English
- postbattle English
- prebattle English
- railbus English
- shuttlebus English
- stage bus English
- superbus English
- taxibus English
- telebus English
- transit bus English
- trolleybus English
- waterbus English
- bussi Finnish
- omnibus Latin
- omnibus French
- баттл Russian
- bus Spanish, Castilian
- buss Swedish
- バス Japanese
- bus Polish
- बसयान Sanskrit
- batel Middle English
- bus Irish
- باص Arabic
- بص Arabic
- บัส Thai
- รถบัส Thai
- bws Welsh
- బస్సు Telugu
- bus Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- beusse Norman
- bosse Norman
- bus Tagalog
- bas Malay
- ဘတ်စ်ကား Burmese
- 巴士 Chinese
- 巴車 Chinese
- basi Swahili
- 버스 Korean
- 뻐스 Korean
- ibhasi Zulu
- ibhasi Xhosa
- bas Tok Pisin
- འབའ་སེ Tibetan
- ਬੱਸ Panjabi, Punjabi
- libhasi Swati
- bas Hausa
- bhazi Shona
- 빠쓰 Jeju
- bus
- embus
- bussy
- airbus
- Airbus
- busway
- busser
- battle
- busboy
- busman
- busbar
- busful
- taxibus
- busless
- helibus
- railbus
- minibus
- buslike
- playbus
- telebus
- busfare
- bookbus
- busload
- citybus
- battler
- bangbus
- bussick
- busable
- busgirl
- autobus
- city bus
- waterbus
- battleth
- microbus
- motorbus
- multibus
- metrobus
- superbus
- battlest
- midbattle
- gunbattle
- prebattle
- nonbattle
- outbattle
- stage bus
- battleward
- battlesome
- overbattle
- battlemage
- battleship
- postbattle
- minibattle
- battleline
- trolleybus
- battlesuit
- battlezone
- shuttlebus
- battleplan
- battailous
- transit bus
- battlefield
- battlegroup
- bus captain
- battleplane
- battleworks
- cyberbattle
- battlespace
- battlefront
- battlewards
- battlewagon
- battledress
- commuter bus
- battleworthy
- battleground
- battle-cruiser
- articulated bus
- main battle tank