bashaw

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bashaw^¹

/bəˈʃɔː/

Rhymes with -ɔː

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Variant of pasha, several forms or relatives of which start with /b-/, e.g. Arabic بَاشَا (bāšā).

noun bashaws · bassa · bassaw

archaic, historical A pasha. Radzivilius was much taken with the bassa’s palace in Cairo […].
archaic, broadly, derogatory, often A grandee.
A very large siluroid fish (Pylodictis olivaris) of the Mississippi valley; the goujon or mudcat.

Bashaw^²

proper noun Bashaws

A surname.

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@misc{bashaw_2026,
  title = {bashaw},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bashaw},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}