bashawismn.
The imperiousness or haughty tyranny of a bashaw.
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lording?a1425
masterdomc1475
imperiousness1582
domineering1617
dictatoring1644
overbearing1649
magisteriousness1650
magisterialness1651
high-handednessa1658
peremptoriness1699
dictation1769
overbearingnessa1797
dictatorialism1826
bashawism1839
dictatorialness1845
domineeringness1889
overmasterfulness1899
bossiness1928
overdoggery1962
1839 Lady Lytton Cheveley II. v. 146 Exercising a truly manly degree of embryo bashawism over his younger sister.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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