(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
Word origin
C17: from Turkish paşa
pasha in American English
(pəˈʃɑ; ˈpɑʃə; ˈpæʃə)
noun
Obsolete
in the Ottoman Empire,
a.
a title of rank or honor placed after the name
b.
a high civil or military official
Word origin
Turk paşa
Examples of 'pasha' in a sentence
pasha
With his round, Roman-nosed head set back, and his heavy eyelids drooped, he held court like a pasha.
Harvey, John COUP D'ETAT (1989)
All related terms of 'pasha'
Ali Pasha
known as the Lion of Janina . 1741–1822, Turkish pasha and ruler of Albania (1787–1820), who was deposed and assassinated after intriguing against Turkey
Enver Pasha
1881–1922, Turkish soldier and leader of the Young Turks : minister of war (1914–18)
Ibrahim Pasha
1789–1848, Albanian general; son of Mehemet Ali , whom he succeeded as viceroy of Egypt (1848)
Ismail Pasha
1830–95, viceroy (1863–66) and khedive (1867–79) of Egypt , who brought his country close to bankruptcy . He was forced to submit to Anglo-French financial control (1876) and to abdicate (1879)
two-tailed pasha
a distinctive vanessid butterfly of S Europe, Charaxes jasius, having mottled brown wings with a yellow-orange margin and frilled hind edges