Bush

Either the family name for those who live near a bush or a thicket of bushes, or the family name for those living at or near a bush (in the archaic sense of wine merchant or tavern).

• IPA^(key): /bʊʃ/
• (Scotland, Northern Ireland) IPA^(key): /bʉʃ/
• Homophone: bush
• Rhymes: -ʊʃ

Bush (plural Bushes)

1. A surname from Middle English.
   • 2019 March 8, Allen Kim, “What you don’t know about the Bush family dynasty”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     In March 1953, a month after Jeb was born, the Bush family received the devastating news that Robin had leukemia. A local doctor told the Bushes that doctors had never seen a white blood cell count that high and there was nothing they could do for her.

   • 2023 August 18, Francesca Street, “Her flight was canceled. Then she ended up on the doorstep of her future wife”, in CNN‎^[2]:

     When Larissa Santos opened her front door and saw Rachel Bush for the first time, she was immediately flooded with emotions.

   1. George H. W. Bush, 41st president of the United States from 1989 to 1993

      Synonyms: Bush 41, Poppy

   2. George W. Bush, 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009

      Synonyms: Bush 43, Bushinator, Bushitler, Chimperor, Chimpy, Chimpy McFlightsuit, Chimpy McHalliburton, Chimpy McHitlerburton, Dubya, GW, GWB, Shrub, Shrubya

      • 2000 August 24, William Safire, “Essay; Pardon Me, But . . .”, in The New York Times‎^[3], archived from the original on 3 February 2018:

        This means Gore will have to stop dancing away from the question as if the pardon decision were somehow shared with the pardonee. It's time he chose the hard right over the easy wrong answer. (For Bush, it would be an opportunity to demonstrate nonpartisan compassion on a grand scale.)

• hubs, husb., Shub

Unadapted borrowing from English Bush.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbuʃ/^*[1]
• Rhymes: -uʃ

Bush ?

1. a surname in English