Meaning of Bashaw | Babel Free

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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