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

They considered ponderous recondite synonyms for potentate, but at length rejected hospodar, beglerbeg and three-tailed bashaw as offensively obscure.

From Time Magazine Archive

Billy Rose himself, the unco-smart little bashaw of Broadway, called it "trial by newspaper."

From Time Magazine Archive

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

But say, Hieronimo:     What then became of him that was the bashaw?

From The Spanish Tragedy by Kyd, Thomas

Our people accordingly set out for Sallee, attended by a bashaw and two soldiers on horseback.

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