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Webster 1913 Edition
Pasha
Pa-sha′
,Noun.
[Turk.
pāshā
, bāshā
; cf. Per. bāshā
, bādshāh
; perh. a corruption of Per. pādishāh
. Cf. Bashaw
, Padishah
, Shah
.] An honorary title given to officers of high rank in Turkey, as to governers of provinces, military commanders, etc. The earlier form was
bashaw
. [Written also
pacha
.] ☞ There are three classes of pashas, whose rank is distinguished by the number of the horsetails borne on their standards, being one, two, or three, a pasha of three tails being the highest.