Results for pacha

Definitions of pacha:

part of speech: noun

In the Turkish empire, the viceroy or governor of a province.

part of speech: noun

The chief admiral of the Turkish fleet.

Usage examples for pacha:

• As, however, a knowledge of the previous history of our pacha will be necessary to the development of our story, the reader will in this instance be indulged. "The Pacha of Many Tales", Captain Frederick Marryat

• Proceeding to Cairo, the commercial emissary proposed to mediate between the Turkish Pacha and the rebellious Mamelukes, an offer which was firmly declined. "The Life of Napoleon I (Volumes, 1 and 2)", John Holland Rose

• While daily expecting orders from the pacha to put us to death, or to make us perpetual prisoners or slaves, on the 20th December an aga came down from Zenan, who was captain, or chief of the chiauses, with orders to bring us all up there. "A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. VIII.", Robert Kerr

• The cardinal's letter representing me as a literary man, the pacha observed that I ought to see his library. "The Memoires of Casanova, Complete The Rare Unabridged London Edition Of 1894, plus An Unpublished Chapter of History, By Arthur Symons", Jacques Casanova de Seingalt