Bush
proper nouncommon in dialogue
- Scotland//bʉʃ//
- //bʊʃ//
A surname from Middle English.
proper noun
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A surname from Middle English.
In March 1953, a month after Jeb was born, the Bush family received the devastating news that Robin had leukemia. A local doctor told the Bushes that doctors had never seen a white blood cell count that high and there was nothing they could do for her.
When Larissa Santos opened her front door and saw Rachel Bush for the first time, she was immediately flooded with emotions.
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A surname from Middle English. George H. W. Bush, 41st president of the United States from 1989 to 1993
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A surname from Middle English. George W. Bush, 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009
This means Gore will have to stop dancing away from the question as if the pardon decision were somehow shared with the pardonee. It's time he chose the hard right over the easy wrong answer. (For Bush, it would be an opportunity to demonstrate nonpartisan compassion on a grand scale.)
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A place name: A village in Williamson County, Illinois, United States; from the surname.
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A place name: An unincorporated community in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, United States.
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A place name: An unincorporated community in Thurston County, Washington, United States; from the surname.
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A place name: A hamlet in Bude-Stratton parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SS2307).
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A place name: A hamlet in southern Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO7665).
Etymology
Either the family name for those who live near a bush or a thicket of bushes, or the family name for those living at or near a bush (in the archaic sense of wine merchant or tavern).
Forms
- plural
- Bushes