SHAW

Pronunciation (US):

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

1. United States clarinetist and leader of a swing band (born in 1910)
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)

Meaning:

United States clarinetist and leader of a swing band (born in 1910)

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)

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Josh Billings; Henry Wheeler Shaw; Shaw

Instance hypernyms:

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

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))

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))