Bashaw

Definitions

1. A pasha.
   archaic, historical
2. A surname.
3. A grandee.
   archaic, broadly, derogatory, often
4. A very large siluroid fish (Pylodictis olivaris) of the Mississippi valley; the goujon or mudcat.

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Examples

“Radzivilius was much taken with the bassa’s palace in Cairo […].”

“The Bashaw notwithstanding drew together a partie of five hundred before his owne Pallace, where he intended to die⟳ […].”

“he fancies himself in company with beautiful women; he dreams that he is an emperor, or a bashaw, and that the world is at his nod.”

“Insecure about his infirmity, the Bashaw decreed that all who desired to come⟳ into his presence must first submit⟳ to having their eyes put⟳ out.”

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