Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Bashaw \Ba*shaw"\, n. [See {Pasha}.]
   1. A Turkish title of honor, now written {pasha}. See
      {Pasha}.

   2. Fig.: A magnate or grandee.

   3. (Zo["o]l.) A very large siluroid fish ({Leptops olivaris})
      of the Mississippi valley; -- also called {goujon}, {mud
      cat}, and {yellow cat}.