What does busby mean?
Definitions for busby
ˈbʌz bibus·by
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Princeton's WordNet
bearskin, busby, shakonoun
tall hat; worn by some British soldiers on ceremonial occasions
Wiktionary
busbynoun
A fur hat worn by certain soldiers and brass bands
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busby
A busby is a military hat or headdress, often made of fur and typically has a plume. It is traditionally worn by certain regiments of cavalry or hussars in full dress uniforms, especially in the British army.
Webster Dictionary
Busbynoun
a military headdress or cap, used in the British army. It is of fur, with a bag, of the same color as the facings of the regiment, hanging from the top over the right shoulder
Wikidata
Busby
Busby is the English name for the Hungarian prémes csákó or kucsma, a military head-dress made of fur, originally worn by Hungarian hussars. In its original Hungarian form the busby was a cylindrical fur cap, having a bag of coloured cloth hanging from the top. The end of this bag was attached to the right shoulder as a defense against sabre cuts. In Great Britain busbies are of two kinds: the hussar busby, cylindrical in shape, with a bag; this is worn by hussars and the Royal Horse Artillery; the rifle busby, a folding cap of astrakhan formerly worn by rifle regiments, in shape somewhat resembling a Glengarry but taller. Both have straight plumes in the front of the headdress. The popularity of this military headdress in its hussar form reached a height in the years immediately before World War I. It was widely worn in the British, German, Russian, Dutch, Belgian, Bulgarian, Romanian, Austro-Hungarian Serbian, Spanish and Italian armies. Possibly the name's original sense of a "busby wig" came from association with Dr Richard Busby, headmaster of Westminster School in the late seventeenth century; the later phrase buzz wig may have been derived from busby. An alternative explanation is that the British hussar cap of the early 19th century was named after the hatter who supplied the officer's version - W. Busby of the Strand London. The modern British busby is worn with full dress by bands, the Royal Horse Artillery and ceremonial detachments at regimental expense. In its hussar version it is now made of black nylon fur, although Bandmasters still retain the original animal fur.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Busby
bus′bi, n. a fur hat with short bag hanging down from the top on its right side, of the same colour as the facings of the regiment, worn by hussars, and, in the British army, by horse artillerymen also. [Prob. Hung.]
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
busby
A military coiffure, or cap, or bear-skin; the French colbach.
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
BUSBY
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Busby is ranked #2320 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Busby surname appeared 15,754 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 5 would have the surname Busby.
77.2% or 12,165 total occurrences were White.
17% or 2,681 total occurrences were Black.
2.3% or 365 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
2.1% or 340 total occurrences were of two or more races.
0.7% or 120 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
0.5% or 80 total occurrences were Asian.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of busby in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of busby in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
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