SHAW

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• SHAW (noun)
  The noun SHAW has 4 senses:

1. United States clarinetist and leader of a swing band (1910-2004)

2. United States humorist who wrote about rural life (1818-1885)

3. United States physician and suffragist (1847-1919)

4. British playwright (born in Ireland); founder of the Fabian Society (1856-1950)

  Familiarity information: SHAW used as a noun is uncommon.

• SHAW (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

United States clarinetist and leader of a swing band (1910-2004)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Arthur Jacob Arshawsky; Artie Shaw; Shaw

Instance hypernyms:

bandleader (the leader of a dance band)

clarinetist; clarinettist (a musician who plays the clarinet)

Sense 2

Meaning:

United States humorist who wrote about rural life (1818-1885)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Henry Wheeler Shaw; Josh Billings; Shaw

Instance hypernyms:

humorist; humourist (someone who acts speaks or writes in an amusing way)

Sense 3

Meaning:

United States physician and suffragist (1847-1919)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Anna Howard Shaw; Shaw

Instance hypernyms:

doc; doctor; Dr.; MD; medico; physician (a licensed medical practitioner)

suffragist (an advocate of the extension of voting rights (especially to women))

Sense 4

Meaning:

British playwright (born in Ireland); founder of the Fabian Society (1856-1950)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

G. B. Shaw; George Bernard Shaw; Shaw

Instance hypernyms:

dramatist; playwright (someone who writes plays)

author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))

Derivation:

Shavian (of or relating to George Bernard Shaw or his works)

 Context examples 

Thirteen bowmen, with hung heads and sheepish faces, stepped forward with Mark Shaw and ranged themselves behind Sir Claude.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Astronomy and physics were represented, and I remarked Bulfinch’s Age of Fable, Shaw’s History of English and American Literature, and Johnson’s Natural History in two large volumes.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Well, James opened the letter and inserted a note asking Arthur to meet him in a little wood called the Ragged Shaw, which is near to the school.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The talk wandered from Mrs. Humphry Ward's new book to Shaw's latest play, through the future of the drama to reminiscences of Mansfield.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

“You were always a cur and a traitor, Mark Shaw,” cried Aylward.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

After that there was no sign, but the path ran right on into Ragged Shaw, the wood which backed on to the school.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Chesterton set the whole world laughing with a series of alleged non-partisan essays on the subject, and the whole affair, controversy and controversialists, was well-nigh swept into the pit by a thundering broadside from George Bernard Shaw.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

“I have seen four-score men pass from yonder shaw across the glade, and nigh every man of them had a great burden on his back. What think you of it?”

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“I have also had a rumble through the Ragged Shaw. Now, Watson, there is cocoa ready in the next room. I must beg you to hurry, for we have a great day before us.”

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

But, Edricson, do I not see a cavalier who rides down yonder road amongst the nether shaw?

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)