chiaus

== English == === Alternative forms === Chaoosh, chaoosh, Chaoush, chaoush, chaoux, Chaus, chaus, chaush, chawush, chiaous, chiause, chiaush, Chiauss, chiauss, Chiaux, chiaux, chiaoux, choush, tchaouch, tchaous (obsolete) Chiaus === Etymology === First attested c. 1600, from Ottoman Turkish چاوش (çavuş, “messenger, herald, licitor, sergeant”). Cognate with Turkish çavuş, Old Turkic 𐰲𐰉𐰾 (čabïš, “army commander”). Doublet of chouse. === Pronunciation === enPR: chous, choush, IPA(key): /t͡ʃaʊs/, /t͡ʃaʊʃ/ Rhymes: -aʊs, -aʊʃ Hyphenation: chiaus === Noun === chiaus (plural chiauses) (historical) An Ottoman Empire court official; an attendant, messenger, herald, interpreter. (historical) An Ottoman Empire çavuş (“sergeant”). Obsolete spelling of chouse (“a swindler”). === Verb === chiaus (third-person singular simple present chiauses, present participle chiausing, simple past and past participle chiaused) Obsolete spelling of chouse (“cheat, trick, swindle”). === References === “chiaus”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present. “chiaus, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “chiaus”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “chouse”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.