Bashaw Definition

bə-shô
noun
A pasha.
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Webster's New World

(now rare, historical) A pasha. [16th-19th c.]

Wiktionary

(archaic, often pejorative, by extension) A grandee. [from 16th c.]

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A very large siluroid fish (Leptops olivaris) of the Mississippi valley; the goujon or mudcat.

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Other Word Forms of Bashaw

Noun

Singular:
bashaw
Plural:
bashaws

Origin of Bashaw

  • Arabic bāšā from Turkish paşa pasha

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Variant of pasha.

    From Wiktionary

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