Shaw
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- proper noun
- /ʃɔ/
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Shaw
- George Bernard Shaw wrote a play about it.
- George Bernard Shaw
- Shaw Brothers
- Dr. Shaw
That's what they, that's what Shaw proved or claimed.
- That's what they, that's what Shaw proved or claimed.
- We talk about Brian Shaw, known as one of the best.
- This geezer caught me and it was Anna Shaw's husband, Charles Ferrell.
- For me that would be Stones, McGuire and Shaw in the left centre back position.
- All right, let's move on to Tim Shaw who says this.
- I said to him at one point, Luke Shaw doesn't want to get close.
- It was George Bernard Shaw, the political elite, it was Orwell.
- You know, Andrew Schultz just got married, Chris D'elia's married, Vernon Shaw's married.
- And that that trial is actually running here in neurology by Sharon Shaw directed now.
Examples
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The name comes from the play by George Bernard Shaw, Pygmalion.
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Excuse me, Brian Shaw was a big influence for me as well.
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- Come on, Mr. Shaw, do as he says.
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We talk about Brian Shaw, known as one of the best.
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Well, Doctor Amy Shaw, let me just say thank you.
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But George Bernard Shaw said this about Paul.
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That's George Bernard Shaw for you.
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In the 1960s and 1970s, the Shaw Brothers Studio was the Hollywood of Hong Kong.
Academic text (2012) -
Attributed to the playwright George Bernard Shaw, how those words ring true.
Academic text (2015) -
Mr. Shaw is a distinguished author who has won several literary awards.
Surface Forms
Etymology
The name Shaw comes from an old English word sceaga that means 'small wood' or 'grove'. So as a family name, Shaw probably described people who lived by a little wood, which helps you remember the name as related to 'wood'.