Shaw

[ shaw ]
/ ʃɔ /

noun

British Dictionary definitions for anna shaw (1 of 3)

shaw 1
/ (ʃɔː) /

noun

archaic, or dialect a small wood; thicket; copse

Word Origin for shaw

Old English sceaga; related to Old Norse skagi tip, skaga to jut out, skōgr forest, skegg beard

British Dictionary definitions for anna shaw (2 of 3)

shaw 2
/ (ʃɔː) Scot /

verb

to show

noun

a show
the part of a potato plant that is above ground

British Dictionary definitions for anna shaw (3 of 3)

Shaw
/ (ʃɔː) /

noun

Artie, original name Arthur Arshawsky. 1910–2004, US jazz clarinetist, band leader, and composer
George Bernard, often known as GBS. 1856–1950, Irish dramatist and critic, in England from 1876. He was an active socialist and became a member of the Fabian Society but his major works are effective as satiric attacks rather than political tracts. These include Arms and the Man (1894), Candida (1894), Man and Superman (1903), Major Barbara (1905), Pygmalion (1913), Back to Methuselah (1921), and St Joan (1923): Nobel prize for literature 1925
Richard Norman. 1831–1912, English architect
Thomas Edward. the name assumed by (T. E.) Lawrence after 1927