Bunting

Bunting

Bunting can refer to:

* Bunting (bird), a group of birds
* An infant sleeping bag
* The act of laying down a bunt, a type of offensive play in baseball
* Bunting (textile), a lightweight cloth material often used for flags and festive decorations
* Bye, baby Bunting, a nursery rhyme

As a surname

* Basil Bunting (1900-1985), British modernist poet
* Bill Bunting (born 1947), American basketball player
* Chris Bunting, British comic book writer
* Clark Bunting, American television executive
* David Michael Bunting (born 1960), British poet/musician
* Edward Bunting (1773-1843), Irish musician
* Edward L. Bunting (1883-1962), English cricketer
* Eve Bunting (born 1928), Californian author
* Jabez Bunting (1779-1858), British preacher
* Jo Bunting, television producer
* John J. Bunting (born 1966), Australian serial killer
* John S. Bunting (born 1950), American football coach
* Josiah Bunting III (born 1939), American educator
* La Farrell Bunting (born 1980), American boxer
* Madeleine Bunting, British journalist
* Mark Bunting, Canadian journalist
* Mary Bunting (1910-1998), American college president
* Reverend Bunting, character in "The Invisible Man"
* Ronnie Bunting (died 1980), Irish political activist
* Thomas L. Bunting (1844-1898), American politician
* Christopher Bunting, (1925-2005), English cellist


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  • Bunting — Bun ting, n. [Scot. buntlin, corn buntlin, OE. bunting, buntyle; of unknown origin.] (Zo[ o]l.) A bird of the genus {Emberiza}, or of an allied genus, related to the finches and sparrows (family {Fringillid[ae]}). [1913 Webster] Note: Among… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • BUNTING (B.) — BUNTING BASIL (1900 1990) Né avec le siècle dans le Yorkshire. L’itinéraire de Basil Bunting, inhabituel pour un poète britannique de son âge, le conduira successivement en Italie, aux côtés d’Ezra Pound, aux Canaries, aux États Unis, en Iran,… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Bünting — steht für: Bünting Gruppe, ein Handelsunternehmen in Leer/ Ostfriesland Bünting ist der Name folgender bekannter Personen: Heinrich Bünting (auch: Buntingus, Bunting, Pendingius, um 1545 1606), evangelischer Theologe und Chronist Karl Dieter… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • bunting — ‘bird’ [13] and bunting ‘flags’ [18] are presumably two distinct words, although in neither case do we really know where they come from. There was a now obsolete English adjective bunting, first recorded in the 16th century, which meant ‘plump,… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • bunting — ‘bird’ [13] and bunting ‘flags’ [18] are presumably two distinct words, although in neither case do we really know where they come from. There was a now obsolete English adjective bunting, first recorded in the 16th century, which meant ‘plump,… …   Word origins

  • Bunting — ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Heath Bunting (* 1966), englischer Medienkünstler Hem Bunting (* 1985), kambodschanischer Mittel und Langstreckenläufer Mary Bunting (1910–1998), US amerikanische Mikrobiologin, Universitätspräsidentin …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Bunting — Bun ting, Buntine Bun tine, n. [Prov. E. bunting sifting flour, OE. bonten to sift, hence prob. the material used for that purpose.] A thin woolen stuff, used chiefly for flags, colors, and ships signals. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • bunting — Ⅰ. bunting [1] ► NOUN ▪ a seed eating songbird of a large group typically with brown streaked plumage and a boldly marked head. ORIGIN of unknown origin. Ⅱ. bunting [2] ► NOUN ▪ flags and streamers used as festive decorations …   English terms dictionary

  • bunting — bunting1 [bun′tiŋ] n. [< ? ME bonting, ger. of bonten, to sift: hence, cloth used for sifting] 1. a thin cloth used in making flags, streamers, etc. 2. flags, or strips of cloth in the colors of the flag, used as holiday decorations ☆ 3. a… …   English World dictionary

  • Bünting AG — Die Bünting AG ist ein Handelsunternehmen in Nordwest Deutschland mit Sitz in Leer (Ostfriesland). Mit mehr als 7.500 Beschäftigten ist Bünting das größte ostfriesische Unternehmen und einer der wichtigsten Ausbildungsbetriebe in der Region.… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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