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Definition of Pasha
1. Noun. A civil or military authority in Turkey or Egypt.
Definition of Pasha
1. n. An honorary title given to officers of high rank in Turkey, as to governers of provinces, military commanders, etc. The earlier form was bashaw.
Definition of Pasha
1. Noun. (historical) A high-ranking Turkish military officer, especially as a commander or regional governor; the highest honorary title during the Ottoman Empire. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pasha
1. a former Turkish high official [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pasha
Literary usage of Pasha
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1889)
"In African countries a pasha is a military officer whose rank corresponds to ...
A Bey is a colonel; but neither Bey nor pasha need always be in command of ..."
2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1849)
"1819, be was received in great triumph in Cairo, on his return from his victories,
and the Sublime Porte gave him on that occasion the high title of pasha ..."
3. In Darkest Africa Or the Quest Rescue and Retreat of Emin Governor of Equatoria by Henry Morton Stanley (1890)
"PERSONAL TO THE pasha. Age and early days of Emin pasha—Gordon and the pay of Emin
... IT is not my purpose to make a biographical sketch of Emin pasha, ..."
4. In Darkest Africa, Or, The Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin, Governor of by Henry Morton Stanley (1890)
"Casati arrives—Mr. Bonny appears with Awash Effendi and his baggage—• The rarest
doctor in the world - Discovery of some chimpanzees— The pasha in his ..."
5. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1859)
"His own address, however, and the favor of the pasha's daughter, saved him, ...
His subsequent alliance with the pasha of Yanina, and the extent of his ..."
6. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"Mimed pasha, who was about to proceed to a province ii Arabia, of which he had
been appointed governor, was raised to tic important post of pasha of Egypt, ..."
7. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"The pasha, and through him the sultan, endeavoured on several occasions either
to ensnare them or to beguile them into submission; but these efforts failing ..."
8. The Metropolitan (1835)
"MUSTAPHA," observed the pasha, taking his pipe out of his mouth, " what makes
the poets ... And the pasha remained some time smoking his pipe in silence. ..."
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