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chaoux

chaoux is the obsolete spelling of chiaus.

Meaning of chiaus

Noun

chiaus (plural chiauses)

  1. (historical) An Ottoman Empire court official; an attendant, messenger, herald, interpreter.
  2. (historical) An Ottoman Empire çavuş (“sergeant”).

Origin of chaoux

From French chaoux, from Ottoman Turkish چاوش (çavuş).

Questions about chaoux

What is chaoux the obsolete spelling of?
Chaoux is the obsolete spelling of chiaus.

Words near chaoux in the dictionary

  1. Chaouen
  2. Chaouia
  3. Chaource
  4. chaoush
  5. chaoushes
  6. chaoux
  7. Chaoxian
  8. Chaoxianzu
  9. Chaoyang
  10. chaoyangopterid
  11. chaoyangopterids

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chaoux (page history and authors); chiaus (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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