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Meaning of shaw

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

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

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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