chiaush
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
See also: Chiaush
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
- See chiaus
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
chiaush
- (historical) Obsolete spelling of chiaus [17th–18th c.]
- 1797, William Fordyce Mavor, Historical account of the most celebrated voyages, travels, and discoveries, from the time of Columbus to the present period, volume 11, London: E. Newberry, →OCLC, page 76:
- The petitioners ſpeak for themſelves or request the aſſiſtance of a chiauſh; for neither pleaders nor attornies are admitted.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:chiaush.
References[edit]
- "Chiaus" in A New English dictionary on historical principles, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1893, volume 2, p. 334.