bashaw
Americannoun
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a rare spelling of pasha
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an important or pompous person
Etymology
Origin of bashaw
1525–35; < Arabic bāshā < Turkish pāshā pasha
Example Sentences
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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
Nice girls must always be running after somebody, in the world as the old bashaw saw it.
From Abington Abbey A Novel by Marshall, Archibald
It reached the foot of the hill, on which the pillar stood; there they pitched splendid tents, and the whole looked like the travelling-suite of some rich bashaw or sheik.
From The Oriental Story Book A Collection of Tales by Quackenbos, G. P. (George Payn)
He saluted Agatha first, and then his daughters, with a gracious solemnity, patting their cheeks all round, something after the fashion of a good-humoured Eastern bashaw.
From Agatha's Husband A Novel by Crane, Walter
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