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Definition of pasha in English: pashanoun ˈpaʃəˈpɑʃə 1historical The title of a Turkish officer of high rank. 〈史〉帕夏（土耳其高级官员的头衔） 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. 非洲大双尾蝶 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.
OriginMid 17th century: from Turkish paşa, from Pahlavi pati 'lord' + šāh 'shah'. RhymesAsher, 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. 〈史〉帕夏（土耳其高级官员的头衔） 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. 非洲大双尾蝶 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.
OriginMid 17th century: from Turkish paşa, from Pahlavi pati ‘lord’ + šāh ‘shah’. |