Buss

See also: buss and Appendix:Variations of "bus"

English

Etymology

  • Occupational surname for a cooper, from Old French busse (cask, barrel).[1]
  • Cognominal surname for someone rotund, like a barrel.[1]
  • Toponymic surname for someone living or working near a bush or thicket of bushes, from Middle English bush.[2]
  • Patronymic surname derived from a hypocoristic form of personal names beginning with Burg, such as Burghardt.[3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bʌs/
  • Audio (UK):(file)
  • Homophones: buss, bus
  • Rhymes: -ʌs

Proper noun

Buss (plural Busses)

  1. A surname.

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Buss is the 3865th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 9177 individuals. Buss is most common among White (95.65%) individuals.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Buss”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 260.
  2. ^ A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1901), p151
  3. ^ Digital Dictionary of Surnames in Germany

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpus/
  • Rhymes: -us
  • Syllabification: Buss

Noun

Buss m (plural Buss)

  1. clipping of Onnibus (bus)

References

  • Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Buss”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 30, column 1