: a man of high rank or office (as in Turkey or northern Africa)
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The hotel was built in the early 1990s from the ruins of an 18th-century mansion owned by a pasha during Ottoman rule.
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Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 7 Mar. 2026
There were pay disparities in Lopez’s early movie career that can only be attributed to Hollywood pashas believing a brown woman could not bring in big box office.
—Stephen Rodrick, Variety, 13 Feb. 2024
The story begins in the 1830s, when patriarch David Sassoon, son of the chief treasurer to the pashas of Baghdad, was forced to flee due to the persecution of the city’s Jewish population.
—James Reginato, Town & Country, 2 Mar. 2023
Many famous names include; Microsoft founder Bill Gates, Liberty Media’s John Malone, Comcast chairman Brian Roberts, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, Apple pasha Tim Cook, Netflix co-chairs Reed Hastings and Ted Sarandos, Disney CEO Bob Chapek, Bob Iger, and Warren Buffett.
—Jim Dobson, Forbes, 1 July 2022
Sultan Mahmud II ordered the pasha of Egypt, Mehmed Ali, who had been born far north in what is now Greece, to retake the Peloponnese.
—David Mason, WSJ, 10 Dec. 2021
Arab lawmakers presented evidence that the Jerusalem pasha and local military commander had been bribed by Parker.
—Andrew Lawler, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Oct. 2021
Most Ukrainians are fed up with the Party of Regions' ostentatious wealth and growing abuse of office, especially in the provinces, where local kingpins behave like pashas.
—Rajan Menon, Foreign Affairs, 11 Oct. 2011
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Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 7 Mar. 2026
There were pay disparities in Lopez’s early movie career that can only be attributed to Hollywood pashas believing a brown woman could not bring in big box office.
—Stephen Rodrick, Variety, 13 Feb. 2024
The story begins in the 1830s, when patriarch David Sassoon, son of the chief treasurer to the pashas of Baghdad, was forced to flee due to the persecution of the city’s Jewish population.
—James Reginato, Town & Country, 2 Mar. 2023
Many famous names include; Microsoft founder Bill Gates, Liberty Media’s John Malone, Comcast chairman Brian Roberts, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, Apple pasha Tim Cook, Netflix co-chairs Reed Hastings and Ted Sarandos, Disney CEO Bob Chapek, Bob Iger, and Warren Buffett.
—Jim Dobson, Forbes, 1 July 2022
Sultan Mahmud II ordered the pasha of Egypt, Mehmed Ali, who had been born far north in what is now Greece, to retake the Peloponnese.
—David Mason, WSJ, 10 Dec. 2021
Arab lawmakers presented evidence that the Jerusalem pasha and local military commander had been bribed by Parker.
—Andrew Lawler, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Oct. 2021
Most Ukrainians are fed up with the Party of Regions' ostentatious wealth and growing abuse of office, especially in the provinces, where local kingpins behave like pashas.
—Rajan Menon, Foreign Affairs, 11 Oct. 2011
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“Pasha.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pasha. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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