tchaous

See also: Tchaous

English

Noun

tchaous

  1. (historical) Obsolete spelling of chiaus
    • 1906 August 30, Anthimos of Moglena, “[letter to] Patriarch [Joachim III]”, in Official documents concerning the deplorable condition of affairs in Macedonia, Constantinople: at the printing press of the Patriarchate, published 1906, →OCLC, page 86:
      They came out of the village accompanied by the one of the notables of the village, named Hadji Constantinou, and by one Moslem tchaous (gendarme) who was armed.
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French

Noun

tchaous m (plural tchaous)

  1. (historical) Obsolete spelling of chaouch (“chiaus”)
    • 1888, Jean Pierre Edmond Jurien de la Gravière, La guerre de Chypre et la bataille de Lépante, volume 1, Paris: E. Plon, →OCLC, page 102:
      Telle fut la déclaration que vint apporter au sénat de Venise un tchaous, interprète des immuables résolutions de Sélim.
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