chiaus
Americannoun
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(in the Ottoman Empire) a court official who served as an ambassador, emissary, or member of a ceremonial escort.
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a Turkish military rank approximating that of sergeant.
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Etymology
Origin of chiaus
1590–1600; < Turkish çavuş < Persian chāwush
Example Sentences
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Come, noble doctor, pray thee let's prevail; This is the gentleman, and he is no chiaus.
From The Alchemist by Jonson, Ben
What do you think of me, That I am a chiaus?
From The Alchemist by Jonson, Ben
There is no doubt that it comes from a Turkish word meaning interpreter, spelt chaus in Hakluyt and chiaus by Ben Jonson.
From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest
The peculations of a certain "chiaus" in the year A.D.
From The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 by Coleridge, Ernest Hartley
You deal now with a noble fellow, doctor, One that will thank you richly; and he is no chiaus: Let that, sir, move you.
From The Alchemist by Jonson, Ben
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