Citations:Chiaush

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English citations of Chiaush

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  • 1653, Ottaviano Bon, Robert Withers (translator), John Greaves (editor), quotees, edited by James Murray, A description of the Grand Signor's seraglio, or Turkish emperours court, quoted in "Chiaus", A New English dictionary on historical principles, volume 2, Oxford: Clarendon Press, published 1893, →OCLC, page 334:
    The Chiaush Bashaw .. and many other Chiaushes .. which are imployed in Ambassies, or in ordinary messages.
  • 1775, John F. Stanford, quoting Richard Chandler, edited by Charles A. M. Fennell, Travels in Asia Minor, and Greece, or, An account of a tour made at the expense of the Society of dilettanti, volume 2, quoted in "chiaus, chaus(e), chouse, chaoush", The Stanford dictionary of anglicised words and phrases, Cambridge: Cambridge, University Press, published 1892, →OCLC, page 238:
    They were headed by a Chiaush or Messenger of the Aga