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chiaux

chiaux 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”).

Noun capitalized: Chiaux

Chiaux

  1. Alternative letter-case form of chiaux; obsolete spelling of chiaus.
    • […] he appointed some Chiaux to go to demand Peace of the Emperor, the King of Poland, and the Republick of Venice, but not upon Terms so advantageous as those offered by the Sultan his Brother, who was deposed.1739, anonymous author, The Life and military actions of His Royal Highness Prince Eugene, of Savoy: with an account of his death and funeral, London: Printed and sold by the Booksellers in town and...

Forms of chiaux

alternative formchaoux
alternative formchiaoux

Origin of chiaux

a. 1670, from French chiaux.

Questions about chiaux

What is chiaux the obsolete spelling of?
Chiaux is the obsolete spelling of chiaus.
What part of speech is chiaux?
Chiaux is a noun.

Words near chiaux in the dictionary

  1. chiauses
  2. chiaush
  3. chiausing
  4. chiauss
  5. chiausses
  6. chiaux
  7. Chiavari
  8. chiavennite
  9. Chiayi
  10. Chiayi City
  11. Chiayukuan

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chiaux (page history and authors); Chiaux (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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