English-Thai Dictionary
bashaw
N คน หยิ่ง ชื่อ ตำแหน่ง ชั้นสูง ของ ตุรกี สมัยโบรา ณ
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
BASHAW
n.[This word is often written most absurdly pasha, both by the English and Americans. It should be written and pronounced pashaw. ] 1. A title of honor in the Turkish dominions; appropriately, the title of the prime vizer, but given to viceroys or governors of provinces, and to generals and other men of distinction. The Turkish bashaws exercise an oppressive authority in their provinces. Hence,
2. A proud, tyrannical, overbearing man.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
BASHAW
Ba *shaw ", n. Etym: [See Pasha. ]
1. A Turkish title of honor, now written pasha. See Pasha.
2. Fig. : A magnate or grandee.
3. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A very large siluroid fish (Leptops olivaris ) of the Mississippi valley; -- also called goujon, mud cat, and yellow cat.
New American Oxford Dictionary
bashaw
ba shaw |bəˈSHô bəˌʃɔ | ▶noun another term for pasha ( sense 1 ).
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