chawushes

See also: Chawushes

English

Noun

chawushes (archaic)

1. (historical) plural of chawush (“chiaus”)
   • 1968, Ödön Schütz, editor, An Armeno-Kipchak chronicle on the Polish-Turkish wars in 1620-1621, Bibliotheca Orientalis Hungarica, 11, Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, →OCLC, page 41:

     On Friday, 1 January 1620 there came chawushes from the Sultan of Turkey and went from Kamenets to Warsaw.

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