pasha
Example Sentences
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Another son works for a large consulting firm and “lives the life of a pasha at 22,” she says.
From Washington Post
Now a city icon, it was a diplomatic gift from Muhammad Ali, the viceroy and pasha who is considered the founder of modern Egypt.
From Washington Post
“The pasha gave him his weight in gold,” my father would say, “and once again in jewels. And your great-great-great-grandfather returned home. He bought all the land around Ardestan.”
From Literature
For centuries Albanians served as grand viziers and frontier pashas inside the Ottoman Empire.
From Washington Post
In this middle grade novel, an elderly camel brings two baby chicks to safety, distracting them with tales of her life as one of nine racing camels gifted by a Turkish pasha to the U.S.
From New York Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
