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bashaw

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ba⋅shaw

[buh-shaw]
–noun
1. pasha.
2. a person who is important, imperious, or self-important.

Origin:
1525–35; < Ar bāshā < Turk pāshā pasha
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ba·shaw   (bə-shô')   
n.  A pasha.

[Arabic bāšā, from Turkish paşa; see pasha.]
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