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Shaw

Shaw Meaning & Definition
Shaw Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Shaw?

[n] British playwright (born in Ireland); founder of the Fabian Society (1856-1950)
[n] United States physician and suffragist (1847-1919)
[n] United States humorist who wrote about rural life (1818-1885)

Synonyms | Synonyms for Shaw: Anna Howard Shaw | G. B. Shaw | George Bernard Shaw | Henry Wheeler Shaw | Josh Billings

Related Terms | Find terms related to Shaw:

See Also | author | doc | doctor | Dr. | dramatist | humorist | humourist | MD | medico | physician | playwright | suffragist | writer

Shaw In Webster's Dictionary

\Shaw\ (sh[add]), n. [OE. schawe, scha[yogh]e, thicket, grove, AS. scaga; akin to Dan. skov, Sw. skog, Icel. sk[=o]gr.] 1. A thicket; a small wood or grove. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.] --Burns. Gaillard he was as goldfinch in the shaw. --Chaucer. The green shaws, the merry green woods. --Howitt. 2. pl. The leaves and tops of vegetables, as of potatoes, turnips, etc. [Scot.] --Jamieson.

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