·noun Fig.: A magnate or grandee.
II. Bashaw ·noun A Turkish title of honor, now written pasha. ·see Pasha.
III. Bashaw ·noun A very large siluroid fish (Leptops olivaris) of the Mississippi valley;
— also called goujon, mud cat, and yellow cat.
A Turkish title of honour and command; more properly pacha. ...
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