American Revolutionary soldier and insurrectionist who with a band of armed men raided a government arsenal in Springfield, Massachusetts, to protest the state legislature's indifference to the economic plight of farmers (1787). The raid, known as Shays's Rebellion, was quashed by militia
shay
Turkish pronunciation
şey
Pronunciation
/ˈsʜā/ /ˈʃeɪ/
Etymology
[ 'shA ] (noun.) 1717. back-formation from chaise, taken as plural.