Bashaw

//bəˈʃɔː// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A pasha. archaic, historical

    "Radzivilius was much taken with the bassa’s palace in Cairo […]."

  2. 2
    A grandee. archaic, broadly, derogatory, often
  3. 3
    A very large siluroid fish (Pylodictis olivaris) of the Mississippi valley; the goujon or mudcat.
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

Synonyms

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pacha

Example

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"He was well satisfied to be bashaw of an atoll, unused to greater comfort as he was, and enamored of reef and palm, and the lazy, unstandardized life of the South Seas."

Etymology

Variant of pasha, several forms or relatives of which start with /b-/, e.g. Arabic بَاشَا (bāšā).

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