chiefly British
: a person who entertains in a public place for donations
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Young buskers strum ukuleles outside Brad Walker Pottery on this day, harmonizing to a Jason Mraz song that was popular before they were born.
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John Archibald, Southern Living, 25 May 2025
Still, the city’s demographic transformation has led many to lament its fading identity as a place of street buskers and a cross-dressing, homeless mayoral candidate.
—J. David Goodman, New York Times, 13 May 2025
The musical is based on the 2007 film about a lonely busker in Belfast, Ireland, who finds musical and romantic harmony with an immigrant woman from the Czech Republic.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2025
So off Sheeran goes, criss-crossing the world, jamming with musicians, playing in pubs, essentially playing the role of the world’s most famous busker, making the ordinary seem grand and the grand seem ordinary.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 16 Apr. 2025
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John Archibald, Southern Living, 25 May 2025
Still, the city’s demographic transformation has led many to lament its fading identity as a place of street buskers and a cross-dressing, homeless mayoral candidate.
—J. David Goodman, New York Times, 13 May 2025
The musical is based on the 2007 film about a lonely busker in Belfast, Ireland, who finds musical and romantic harmony with an immigrant woman from the Czech Republic.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2025
So off Sheeran goes, criss-crossing the world, jamming with musicians, playing in pubs, essentially playing the role of the world’s most famous busker, making the ordinary seem grand and the grand seem ordinary.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 16 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for busker
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“Busker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/busker. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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