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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