shays

noun

1. Daniel,1747–1825, American Revolutionary War soldier: leader of a popular insurrection (Shays’ Rebellion) in Massachusetts 1786–87.

noun Chiefly Dialect.

1. a chaise.

noun

1. Daniel. ?1747–1825, American soldier and revolutionary leader of a rebellion of Massachusetts farmers against the US government (1786–87)

noun

1. a dialect word for chaise

n.1717, back-formation from chaise (q.v.), wrangled into English and mistaken for a plural.