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Chiaus
Definitions
- 1 An Ottoman Empire court official; an attendant, messenger, herald, interpreter. historical
- 2 Alternative letter-case form of chiaus. alt-of, historical
"The greater part of the Chiaus's do the Duty of Serjeants"
- 3 An Ottoman Empire çavuş (“sergeant”). historical
- 4 Obsolete spelling of chouse (“a swindler”). alt-of, obsolete
"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 captain."
- 1 Obsolete spelling of chouse (“cheat, trick, swindle”). alt-of, obsolete
"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, and had decamped. The affair was quite recent in 1610, when Jonson's "Alchemist" appeared, in which it is thus alluded to:[…]"
Etymology
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.
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.
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