NOUN | person | Shaw, Artie Shaw, Arthur Jacob Arshawsky | United States clarinetist and leader of a swing band (1910-2004) |
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person | Shaw, Henry Wheeler Shaw, Josh Billings | United States humorist who wrote about rural life (1818-1885) | |
person | Shaw, Anna Howard Shaw | United States physician and suffragist (1847-1919) | |
person | Shaw, G. B. Shaw, George Bernard Shaw | British playwright (born in Ireland) |
Sounds | shao' | |
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Rhymes | scrimshaw |
Meaning | United States clarinetist and leader of a swing band (1910-2004). | |
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Synonyms | Artie Shaw, Arthur Jacob Arshawsky | |
Instance of | bandleader | The leader of a dance band |
clarinetist, clarinettist | A musician who plays the clarinet | |
Spanish | Arthur Jacob Arshawsky, Artie Shaw | |
Catalan | Artie Shaw |
Meaning | United States humorist who wrote about rural life (1818-1885). | |
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Synonyms | Henry Wheeler Shaw, Josh Billings | |
Instance of | humorist, humourist | someone who acts speaks or writes in an amusing way |
Meaning | United States physician and suffragist (1847-1919). | |
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Synonym | Anna Howard Shaw | |
Instance of | doctor, doc, physician, MD, Dr., medico | A licensed medical practitioner |
suffragist | An advocate of the extension of voting rights (especially to women) | |
Spanish | Anna Howard Shaw, Shaw |
Meaning | British playwright (born in Ireland); founder of the Fabian Society (1856-1950). | |
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Synonyms | G. B. Shaw, George Bernard Shaw | |
Instance of | dramatist, playwright | someone who writes plays |
writer, author | Writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay) | |
Spanish | Bernard Shaw, G. B. Shaw, George Bernard Shaw, Shaw | |
Catalan | Bernard Shaw, George Bernard Shaw, Shaw | |
Adjectives | Shavian | of or relating to George Bernard Shaw or his works |
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