bashaw

noun3

1. •
   A very large siluroid fish (Pylodictis olivaris) of the Mississippi valley; the goujon or mudcat.
2. •
   (no longer used, historical) A pasha.

   • Radzivilius was much taken with the bassa’s palace in Cairo […]. — 1624
3. •
   (disapproving, no longer used) A grandee.