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English
Etymology
Attested 1741.
Noun
tchaouch
- (historical) Obsolete spelling of chiaus.
1880, Sutherland Menzies (pseud. of Elizabeth Stone), Turkey old and new: historical, geographical and statistical, volume 1, London: W. H. Allen, →OCLC, page 255:
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French
Etymology
Attested 1654.
Noun
tchaouch m (plural tchaouchs or tchaouches)
- (historical) Obsolete spelling of chaouch.
1822, Antoine Galland, edited by Édouard Gauttier d'Arc, Les mille et une nuits: contes arabes, , nouvelle edition, volume 4, Paris: Collin de Plancy, →OCLC, page 322:le grand vézyr à sa gauche, et les seigneurs à sa suite, précédé par les tchiaouch, et par les principaux officiers de sa maison.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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References
- "Tchaouch" in François Morenas, Dictionnaire portatif comprenant la géographie et l'histoire universelle, la chronologie, , Avignon: Louis-Chambeau, 1762, volume 8, p. 260. →OCLC.