Chaoux

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Obsolete spelling of chiaus . alt-of, obsolete

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

Example

More examples

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

Etymology

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

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