chawush

• See chiaus

• enPR: chä.wo͞oshʹ, IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɑˈwʊʃ/
• Hyphenation: cha‧wush

chawush (plural chawushes)

2. (historical) Archaic spelling of chiaus. [19th–20th c.]
   • 1878 April 11, Gilbert Kirker, “Notes on Adrianople and Constantinople”, in Proceedings of the Belfast Natural History and Philosophical Society, Belfast: Belfast Natural History and Philosophical Society, →ISSN, page 103:

     The chawush, or sergeant, who had charge of these executions, generally turned them to his profit: […]

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