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pasha

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pa·sha also pa·cha  (päsh, psh, p-shä)
n.
Used formerly as a title for military and civil officers, especially in Turkey and northern Africa.
[Turkish paa, from Persian pdshh; see Padishah.]
pasha, pacha [ˈpɑːʃə ˈpæʃə]
n
(Historical Terms) (formerly) a provincial governor or other high official of the Ottoman Empire or the modern Egyptian kingdom: placed after a name when used as a title
[from Turkish paşa]
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Noun1.pashapasha - a civil or military authority in Turkey or Egypt
pacha
authority - (usually plural) persons who exercise (administrative) control over others; "the authorities have issued a curfew"
Translations
pasha [ˈpæʃə] N → bajá m, pachá m
pasha
n → Pascha m


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I shall leave you and Pasha a lot of things, I've laid them out for you already; but good-bye, now.
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The black slave was given to Bedwin Sands by an Egyptian pasha in exchange for three dozen of Maraschino.
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Some time after, it was stated that the Comte de Morcerf (this was the name he bore) had entered the service of Ali Pasha with the rank of instructor-general.
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