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bashaw
(gcide) | Pasha \Pa*sha"\, n. [Turk. p[=a]sh[=a], b[=a]sh[=a]; cf. Per.
b[=a]sh[=a], b[=a]dsh[=a]h; perh. a corruption of Per.
p[=a]dish[=a]h. Cf. Bashaw, Padishah, Shah.]
An honorary title given to officers of high rank in Turkey,
as to governers of provinces, military commanders, etc. The
earlier form was bashaw. [Written also pacha.]
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Note: There are three classes of pashas, whose rank is
distinguished by the number of the horsetails borne on
their standards, being one, two, or three, a pasha of
three tails being the highest.
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Bashaw
(gcide) | Bashaw \Ba*shaw"\, n. [See Pasha.]
1. A Turkish title of honor, now written pasha. See
Pasha.
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2. Fig.: A magnate or grandee.
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3. (Zool.) A very large siluroid fish (Leptops olivaris) of
the Mississippi valley; -- also called goujon, {mud
cat}, and yellow cat.
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bashaw
(gcide) | Pasha \Pa*sha"\, n. [Turk. p[=a]sh[=a], b[=a]sh[=a]; cf. Per.
b[=a]sh[=a], b[=a]dsh[=a]h; perh. a corruption of Per.
p[=a]dish[=a]h. Cf. Bashaw, Padishah, Shah.]
An honorary title given to officers of high rank in Turkey,
as to governers of provinces, military commanders, etc. The
earlier form was bashaw. [Written also pacha.]
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Note: There are three classes of pashas, whose rank is
distinguished by the number of the horsetails borne on
their standards, being one, two, or three, a pasha of
three tails being the highest.
[1913 Webster]Bashaw \Ba*shaw"\, n. [See Pasha.]
1. A Turkish title of honor, now written pasha. See
Pasha.
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2. Fig.: A magnate or grandee.
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3. (Zool.) A very large siluroid fish (Leptops olivaris) of
the Mississippi valley; -- also called goujon, {mud
cat}, and yellow cat.
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