omnibus

Meanings

1. A bus (vehicle for transporting large numbers of people along roads).
2. An anthology of previously released material linked together by theme or author, especially in book form.
3. A broadcast programme consisting of all of the episodes of a serial that have been shown in the previous week.
4. A stamp issue, usually commemorative, that appears simultaneously in several countries as a joint issue.
5. An assistant waiter.
6. an omnibus box.

1. Containing multiple items.
2. Of a transportation service, calling at every station, as opposed to express; local.

1. To combine (legislative bills, etc.) into a single package.
2. To drive an omnibus.
3. To travel or be transported by omnibus.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep-der. Proto-Italic *opnis Latin omnis Latin omnibuslbor. French omnibusbor. English omnibus Borrowed from French (voiture) omnibus (“(carriage) for all”), from Latin omnibus (“for all”), dative plural of omnis (“all”).