busker

busk  (bsk)

intr.v. busked, busk·ing, busks

To play music or perform entertainment in a public place, usually while soliciting money.

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[Earlier, to be an itinerant performer, probably from busk, to go about seeking, cruise as a pirate, perhaps from obsolete French busquer, to prowl, from Italian buscare, to prowl, or Spanish buscar, to seek, from Old Spanish boscar.]

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busker n.

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busker

Noun

a person who entertains for money in streets or stations [perhaps from Spanish buscar to look for]

busk vb

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

busker - a person who entertains people for money in public places (as by singing or dancing), usually while asking for money dancing, terpsichore, dance, saltation - taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music entertainer - a person who tries to please or amuse

Translations

busker [ˈbʌskəʳ] n (BRIT) → músico/a ambulante

busker [ˈbʌskəʳ] n (Brit) → artiste ambulant(e)

busker [ˈbʌskəʳ] (Brit) n → Straßenmusikant(in) m(f)

busker [ˈbʌskəʳ] n (BRIT) → suonatore/trice ambulante