Citations:chawush
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English citations of chawush
Noun: "herald"
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Noun: "sergeant"
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- 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: […]
Noun: "tipstaff"
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- 1873, Joseph Catafago, “Tipstaff”, in An English and Arabic dictionary in two parts: Arabic and English, and English and Arabic, 2nd edition, London: Quaritch, page 1037:
- (officer of a court), […] , چاوش chāwush.
Noun: uncategorized
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- c. 1630, Peter Mundy, “Itinerarium Mundii”, in Richard Carnac Temple, editor, The travels of Peter Mundy in Europe and Asia, 1608-1667, volume 1, Works issued by the Hakluyt Society, 2nd series, number 17, Cambridge: Hakluyt Society, published 1907, →OCLC, page 65:
- The 22nd. May, 1620. Beinge two miles in our way from Sophia, wee were overtaken by a Chiawsh3 and twenty Jannizaries with nine waggons bound for Buda, […]
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[editor's note] 3 Turkish chawush, now a days a minor military officer, a sergeant, but in Mundy's time a high official. Compare Gainsford, Glory of England, p. 201 f., "The Degrees of the Turks The fift roome is supplyed by the Chiaus, a degree of honourable eminence and may ranke with our Barons."