Bush

A surname from Middle English.

Proper noun

  1. 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...
    • When Larissa Santos opened her front door and saw Rachel Bush for the first time, she was immediately flooded with emotions. - 2023 August 18, Francesca Street, “Her flight was canceled. Then she ended up on the...
    1. George H. W. Bush, 41st president of the United States from 1989 to 1993

      Synonyms: Bush 41 Poppy

    2. 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...

      Synonyms: Bush 43 Bushinator Bushitler Chimperor Chimpy Chimpy McFlightsuit Chimpy McHalliburton Chimpy McHitlerburton Dubya GW GWB Shrub Shrubya

  2. A place name:
    1. A village in Williamson County, Illinois, United States; from the surname.

    2. An unincorporated community in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, United States.

    3. An unincorporated community in Thurston County, Washington, United States; from the surname.

    4. A hamlet in Bude-Stratton parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SS2307).

    5. A hamlet in southern Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO7665).

Origin

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

Bushes

Derived

Bush 41 Bush 43 Bushbama Bushian Bushie Bushinator Bushism Bushist Bushite Bushitler Bushlicker Bushonomics Bushtard GW GWB