chaoux

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A form of chiaus — An Ottoman Empire court official; an attendant, messenger, herald, interpreter.

OriginFrench chaoux ← Ottoman Turkish چاوش →
First used early 19th c.Scrabble 18
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Meanings

noun
  1. obsoleteObsolete spelling of chiaus .First known use early 19th c.

    […] the chaoux soon found him and brought him to the palace, having redeemed him by order of the sultan.

    1832, George P. R. James, The string of pearls, volume 1, London: R. Bentley, →OCLC, page 236

Origin

  1. Ottoman Turkishچاوش
  2. Frenchchaoux
  3. Englishchaoux

From French chaoux, from Ottoman Turkish چاوش (çavuş).

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