omnibus

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Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

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noun an anthology of articles on a related subject or an anthology of the works of a single author
noun a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport
adjective providing for many things at once

Borrowed from French (voiture) omnibus (“(carriage) for all”), from Latin omnibus (“for all”), dative plural of omnis (“all”).

I go in an omnibus. — Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant, Guy de Maupassant
‘I shall go back in an omnibus. — Nicholas Nickleby, Charles Dickens
Omnibuses and street cars were becoming common. — A School History of the United States, John Bach McMaster

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