Definition of pacha:

part of speech: noun

In the Turkish empire, the viceroy or governor of a province.

part of speech: noun

The chief admiral of the Turkish fleet.

Usage examples:

• The cardinal's letter representing me as a literary man, the pacha observed that I ought to see his library. Jacques Casanova de Seingalt in "The Memoires of Casanova, Complete The Rare Unabridged London Edition Of 1894, plus An Unpublished Chapter of History, By Arthur Symons".

• Proceeding to Cairo, the commercial emissary proposed to mediate between the Turkish Pacha and the rebellious Mamelukes, an offer which was firmly declined. John Holland Rose in "The Life of Napoleon I (Volumes, 1 and 2)".

• When returning with their plunder, they were surrounded by the troops of the Pacha of Acre, who killed several, and bound the rest with cords. W.H.G. Kingston in "Stories of Animal Sagacity".

• Two days afterwards, the cardinal gave me a passport for Venice, and a sealed letter addressed to Osman Bonneval, Pacha of Caramania, in Constantinople. Jacques Casanova de Seingalt in "The Memoires of Casanova, Complete The Rare Unabridged London Edition Of 1894, plus An Unpublished Chapter of History, By Arthur Symons".