Noun shaw has 4 senses
- Shaw, Artie Shaw, Arthur Jacob Arshawsky - United States clarinetist and leader of a swing band (born in 1910)
--1 is a kind of clarinetist, clarinettist; bandleader
- Shaw, Henry Wheeler Shaw, Josh Billings - United States humorist who wrote about rural life (1818-1885)
--2 is a kind of humorist, humourist
- Shaw, Anna Howard Shaw - United States physician and suffragist (1847-1919)
--3 is a kind of suffragist; doctor, doc, physician, MD, Dr., medico
- Shaw, G. B. Shaw, George Bernard Shaw - British playwright (born in Ireland); founder of the Fabian Society (1856-1950)
--4 is a kind of writer, author; dramatist, playwright
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