shaw

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun United States clarinetist and leader of a swing band (1910-2004)
  2. noun United States humorist who wrote about rural life (1818-1885)
  3. noun United States physician and suffragist (1847-1919)

Etymology

From Old English sċeaga, scaga. Cognate with Old Norse skógr (“forest, wood”), whence Danish skov (“forest”). Doublet of scaw.

In classic literature

Synonyms

Artie Shaw, Arthur Jacob Arshawsky

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