bus captain
/bʌs ˈkaptɪn/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.56 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A bus driver who also functions as a bus conductor along with other duties such as ensuring proper care for the bus.
Example Sentences
- "There is hardly any justification for a fare hike just to pay for and retain the bus captains, which was what SBS's Mrs Cheng had used as a justification."
- "The bus captain informed her that the journey cost $1.60."
- "This includes an annual wage supplement and a year-end annual variable bonus in place of the initial ex-gratia and sign-on bonuses given to Chinese bus captains on two-year contracts like the one He was on."
- "Go-Ahead Singapore, the country’s fourth public bus operator, has raised the basic starting pay of its local bus captains by about 4.6 per cent, in a move that comes on the back of recent pay hikes announced by two of its rivals."
- "The 34-year-old started his training to be a bus captain in February and has been driving with SBS Transit since April this year."