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chiaoux

chiaoux 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 chiaoux

Borrowed from French chiaoux.

Questions about chiaoux

What is chiaoux the obsolete spelling of?
Chiaoux is the obsolete spelling of chiaus.

Words near chiaoux in the dictionary

  1. Chiaohsi
  2. Chiaos
  3. Chiaotou
  4. chiaous
  5. chiaouses
  6. chiaoux
  7. Chiapa
  8. Chiapas
  9. Chiappone
  10. Chiappones
  11. Chiara

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: chiaoux (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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