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 then, with the captain’s approbation, went, and by signs made humble supplication to the bashaw, who was in the tent, dividing the valuable plunder.

From Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy A weird series of tales of shipwreck and disaster, from the earliest part of the century to the present time, with accounts of providential escapes and heart-rending fatalities. by Anonymous

Restitution of the full value of these vessels was demanded, and the money, amounting to twenty-five thousand dollars, paid by the bashaw into the hands of the American consul.

From Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy A weird series of tales of shipwreck and disaster, from the earliest part of the century to the present time, with accounts of providential escapes and heart-rending fatalities. by Anonymous

Carlyle of Inveresk found this worthless patron of the unfortunate office seeker 'more detested than any man alive, as a shameless political sharper, a domestic bashaw, and an intolerable tyrant over his tenants.'

From James Boswell Famous Scots Series by Leask, W. Keith (William Keith)