Usually means: Tall fur hat for ceremonial.
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General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. busby: Merriam-Webster
  2. busby: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. busby: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. busby: Collins English Dictionary
  5. busby: Vocabulary.com
  6. Busby, busby: Wordnik
  7. busby: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Busby, busby: Wiktionary
  9. busby: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. busby: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. busby: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Busby, busby: Dictionary.com
  13. busby: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Busby (disambiguation), Busby (military headdress), Busby: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Busby: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. busby: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. busby: Rhymezone
  18. Busby: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. Busby, Busby: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  20. busby: FreeDictionary.org
  21. busby: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. busby: TheFreeDictionary.com
  23. busby: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Busby: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. baby names list (No longer online)
  2. busby: Wordcraft Dictionary

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. busby: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Busby: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A fur hat, usually with a plume in the front, worn by certain members of the military or brass bands.
noun:  A place name:
noun:  A suburban village in East Renfrewshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS5756).
noun:  A hamlet in Westlock County, Alberta, Canada.
noun:  Synonym of Umpire, Arkansas.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Elk County, Kansas, United States.
noun:  A census-designated place in Big Horn County, Montana, United States.
noun:  A suburb of Sydney, in the City of Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia, named after James Busby.
noun:  A habitational surname from Old Norse.

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