Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A motorcoach; a bus.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An automobile omnibus; a vehicle propelled by its own motor and capable of carrying a dozen or more passengers.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun dated A bus that is a motor vehicle, as opposed to earlier horse-drawn buses.
  • noun cycling The group of cyclists in a race who form a large group behind the leading peloton.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport

Etymologies

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auto- +‎ bus.

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  • In pro cycling, this is the back of the pack which is just inside the time cutoff

    July 13, 2010