BASHAW
Proper noun
Bashaw (plural Bashaws)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Bashaw is the 10956th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2904 individuals. Bashaw is most common among White (92.42%) individuals.
Anagrams
• Wabash, Wahabs
Etymology
Noun
bashaw (plural bashaws)
(now rare, historical) A pasha. [16th-19th c.]
(archaic, often pejorative, by extension) A grandee. [from 16th c.]
A very large siluroid fish (Leptops olivaris) of the Mississippi valley; the goujon or mudcat.
Anagrams
• Wabash, Wahabs
Source: Wiktionary
Ba*shaw", n. Etym: [See Pasha.]
1. A Turkish title of honor, now written pasha. See Pasha.
2. Fig.: A magnate or grandee.
3. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A very large siluroid fish (Leptops olivaris) of the Mississippi valley; -- also called goujon, mud cat, and yellow cat.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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