shaw
pronunciation
How to pronounce shaw in British English:
UK [ʃɔ:]
How to pronounce shaw in American English:
US [ʃɔ]
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- Noun:
- United States clarinetist and leader of a swing band (born in 1910)
- United States humorist who wrote about rural life (1818-1885)
- United States physician and suffragist (1847-1919)
- British playwright (born in Ireland); founder of the Fabian Society (1856-1950)
Word Origin
- shaw (n.)
- "strip of wood forming the border of a field," 1570s, from Old English sceaga "copse," cognate with North Frisian skage "farthest edge of cultivated land," Old Norse skage "promontory," and perhaps with Old English sceaga "rough matted hair" (see shag (n.)). The Old English word also is the source of the surname Shaw (attested from late 12c.) and its related forms.
Example
- 1. Friedman once arrived early and started to read a copy of shaw 's contribution to fabian essays which was lying on the table .
- 2. Mr shaw said the government was determined to weed out exploitative employers .
- 3. When he was born in 1989 , his mother tracey shaw had no idea how famous the name would become .
- 4. The arrogant personal style that turned off some harvard colleagues seemed to evaporate , shaw traders say .
- 5. Reali reflected on the major characters in pygmalion by bernard shaw .