chauz

Spanish

Etymology

a. 1567 possibly from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Portuguese chaus. Ultimately from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ottoman Turkish چاوش (çavuş, “messenger, herald, lictor, sergeant”). Cognate Turkish çavuş.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈt͡ʃauθ/ [ˈt͡ʃau̯θ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈt͡ʃaus/ [ˈt͡ʃau̯s]

Noun

chauz m

1. (historical) A chiaus.
   • 1567, Francisco Balbi di Correggio, La verdadera relacion de todo lo q[ue] este año de MDLXV ha sucedido en la Isla de Malta […] , Alcalá de Henares: Juan de Villanueva, →OCLC, page 51:

     […] y lo ſacaron alas caſas dela Burmola, adonde le dexaron yr para ſu chauz: pero Dios ſabe con que turbacion, por el miedo paſſado.

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   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:chauz.