chiaush
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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.