bashaw

American  

[buh-shaw] / bəˈʃɔ /

noun

1. pasha.

2. a person who is important, imperious, or self-important.

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bashaw British  

/ bəˈʃɔː /

noun

1. a rare spelling of pasha

2. an important or pompous person

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Etymology

Origin of bashaw

1525–35; < Arabic bāshā < Turkish pāshā pasha

Example Sentences

Billy Rose himself, the unco-smart little bashaw of Broadway, called it "trial by newspaper."

From Time Magazine Archive

They considered ponderous recondite synonyms for potentate, but at length rejected hospodar, beglerbeg and three-tailed bashaw as offensively obscure.

From Time Magazine Archive

I turned for a moment, and saw our friend rolling up the middle of the street with his hands in his pockets, as proud as the grand bashaw.

From Paddy Finn by Webb, Archibald

The bashaw, in alarm, Turn'd tails, and fled his arm.

From The Indian Princess La Belle Sauvage by Moses, Montrose Jonas

There did not appear to be any limit to the powers of this bashaw.

From The MS. in a Red Box by Hamilton, John Arthur