chawush
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See also: Chawush
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]- See chiaus
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]chawush (plural chawushes)
- (historical) Archaic spelling of chiaus. [19th–20th c.]
- 1878 April 11, Gilbert Kirker, “Notes on Adrianople and Constantinople”, in Proceedings of the Belfast Natural History and Philosophical Society, Belfast: Belfast Natural History and Philosophical Society, →ISSN, page 103:
- The chawush, or sergeant, who had charge of these executions, generally turned them to his profit: […]
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:chawush.