Standard Lemma guide
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noun
An Ottoman Empire court official; an attendant, messenger, herald, interpreter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
An Ottoman Empire çavuş (“sergeant”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
Obsolete spelling of chouse (“a swindler”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, obsolete
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noun
Alternative letter-case form of chiaus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, historical
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verb
Obsolete spelling of chouse (“cheat, trick, swindle”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, obsolete
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History
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.
