chiaush

See also: Chiaush

English

Etymology

• See chiaus

Pronunciation

• enPR: chä.o͞oshʹ, IPA^(key): /t͡ʃəˈuʃ/
• Hyphenation: chia‧ush

Noun

chiaush

2. (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

• "Chiaus" in A New English dictionary on historical principles, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1893, volume 2, p. 334.