chiaus
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chiaus¹
- /t͡ʃaʊs/
- /t͡ʃaʊʃ/
Rhymes with -aʊs, -aʊʃ
Where it comes from
First attested c. 1600, from Ottoman Turkish چاوش (çavuş, “messenger, herald, licitor, sergeant”). Cognate with Turkish çavuş, Old Turkic 𐰲𐰉𐰾 (čabïš, “army commander”). Doublet of chouse.
noun chiauses · Chaoosh · chaoosh · Chaoush · chaoush · chaoux
- An Ottoman Empire court official; an attendant, messenger, herald, interpreter.
- An Ottoman Empire çavuş (“sergeant”).
- Obsolete spelling of chouse (“a swindler”). Dap. And will I tell then! By this hand of flesh, Would it might never write good courthand more, If discover. What do you think of me, That I am a chiaus? Face. What’s that? Dap. The Turk was, here― As one would say, do you think I am a Turk? Face. I’ll tell the doctor so. Dap. Do, good sweet c
verb chiauses · chiausing · chiaused · Chaoosh · chaoosh
- Obsolete spelling of chouse (“cheat, trick, swindle”). The word chouse appears to have been introduced into the language at the beginning of the seventeenth century. In 1609, a Chiaus sent by Sir Robert Shirley, from Constantinople to London, had chiaused (or choused) the Turkish and Persian merchants out of ₤4,000, before the arrival of his employer, a
Chiaus²
noun Chiauses
- Alternative letter-case form of chiaus The greater part of the Chiaus's do the Duty of Serjeants
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