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Definition of pasha in English: pashanoun ˈpaʃəˈpɑʃə 1historical The title of a Turkish officer of high rank. Example sentencesExamples - The pasha of Tripoli soon agreed, in exchange for a sixty-thousand-dollar payment, to release the American prisoners and to commit no further acts of piracy against American vessels.
- Promoted to the rank of pasha in April 1916, he was virtually exiled by his Young Turk rivals to the eastern front.
- Another example would be the glitter of metal: the image adds a connotation of cruelty to the glory of a pasha, previously described with true oriental bombast, as the light of lights.
- He was appointed Minister of Public Works in 1869, retired shortly after, received the grand title of pasha in 1873 and died in Cairo in 1883.
- That he even has a library sets him apart from most high-tech pashas.
2A large orange-brown butterfly with two tails on each hindwing and complex patterns on the underwings, occurring around the Mediterranean and in Africa. Charaxes jasius, subfamily Nymphalinae, family Nymphalidae Example sentencesExamples - The Two-tailed Pasha is one of Europes most spectacular butterflies.
- The Two-Tailed Pasha is the largest European butterfly, with the fore-wing span of the female often measuring more than 4 inches.
Origin Mid 17th century: from Turkish paşa, from Pahlavi pati 'lord' + šāh 'shah'. Rhymes Asher, clasher, flasher, lasher, masher, Natasha, rasher, Sasha, slasher, smasher, thrasher Definition of pasha in US English: pashanounˈpäSHəˈpɑʃə 1historical The title of a Turkish officer of high rank. Example sentencesExamples - Another example would be the glitter of metal: the image adds a connotation of cruelty to the glory of a pasha, previously described with true oriental bombast, as the light of lights.
- He was appointed Minister of Public Works in 1869, retired shortly after, received the grand title of pasha in 1873 and died in Cairo in 1883.
- That he even has a library sets him apart from most high-tech pashas.
- Promoted to the rank of pasha in April 1916, he was virtually exiled by his Young Turk rivals to the eastern front.
- The pasha of Tripoli soon agreed, in exchange for a sixty-thousand-dollar payment, to release the American prisoners and to commit no further acts of piracy against American vessels.
2A large orange-brown butterfly with two tails on each hind wing and complex patterns on the underwings, occurring around the Mediterranean and in Africa. Charaxes jasius, subfamily Nymphalinae, family Nymphalidae Example sentencesExamples - The Two-Tailed Pasha is the largest European butterfly, with the fore-wing span of the female often measuring more than 4 inches.
- The Two-tailed Pasha is one of Europes most spectacular butterflies.
Origin Mid 17th century: from Turkish paşa, from Pahlavi pati ‘lord’ + šāh ‘shah’. |