shaw Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun United States clarinetist and leader of a swing band (1910-2004)
    Arthur Jacob Arshawsky; Artie Shaw.
  2. noun United States humorist who wrote about rural life (1818-1885)
    Henry Wheeler Shaw; Josh Billings.
  3. noun United States physician and suffragist (1847-1919)
    Anna Howard Shaw.
  4. noun British playwright (born in Ireland); founder of the Fabian Society (1856-1950)
    George Bernard Shaw; G. B. Shaw.

WordNet

Shaw noun
Etymology
OE. schawe, schae, thicket, grove, AS. scaga; akin to Dan. skov, Sw. skog, Icel. skgr.
Definitions
  1. A thicket; a small wood or grove. Obs. or Prov.Eng. & Scot. Burns.
    Gaillard he was as goldfinch in the shaw. Chaucer.
    The green shaws, the merry green woods. Howitt.
  2. pl. The leaves and tops of vegetables, as of potatoes, turnips, etc. Scot. Jamieson.

Webster 1913