minibus
nounUS /ˈmɪ.ni.bəs/
Etymology From mini- + bus. In the political sense, probably a back-formation from omnibus.
1
A small bus, especially one used as transport for small groups.
- Just south of Durness, at Keoldale, is a passenger-ferry across the Kyle of Durness. It links up during the summer months with a minibus service to the lonely Cape Wrath lighthouse, built of granite in 1827 on a headland 400 ft above the sea.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 157:
2
South Africa A sixteen-seater vehicle used as a taxi.
- Police are still searching for the gunmen who hijacked the minibus carrying school pupils taking two of the children with them.2006 May 13, Weekend Argus, 14, p.6:
3
Historical A small four-wheeled carriage.
4
Government, Politics US A combined spending bill for multiple departments that is smaller than an omnibus bill.
- The minibus is the first of two funding packages the House hopes to pass this month.2020 July 25, Danielle Haynes, “House passes 4-bill spending package”, in UPI:
- Derived terms
- midibus
- Related terms
- minivan
- Hyponyms
- marshrutka, maxicab