bashaw

== English == === Alternative forms === bassa [16th–18th c.] bassaw (obsolete) === Etymology === Variant of pasha, several forms or relatives of which start with /b-/, e.g. Arabic بَاشَا (bāšā). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bəˈʃɔː/ Rhymes: -ɔː === Noun === bashaw (plural bashaws) (now rare, historical) A pasha. [16th–19th c.] (archaic, often derogatory, by extension) A grandee. [from 16th c.] A very large siluroid fish (Pylodictis olivaris) of the Mississippi valley; the goujon or mudcat. ==== Derived terms ==== === Anagrams === Wabash, Wahabs