Meaning of chawush | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Archaic spelling of chiaus.
   alt-of, archaic, historical
2. Alternative letter-case form of chawush (“chiaus”).
   alt-of, archaic, historical

Examples

“The chawush, or sergeant, who had charge of these executions, generally turned them to his profit:[…]”

“He carried on a long conversation with the dragoman in Turkish, the upshot of which was that he would give⟳ me a "buyuruldu" or special order⟳ to go to Sivas, and would provide⟳ an escort if the British Consul would send⟳ a written guarantee⟳ that I was a bona fide traveller. We thanked the Vali for the concession, and took our leave⟳, […] He wrote the required guarantee⟳, and a Chawush, or sergeant of Zaptiehs, was told off to accompany⟳ me to Sivas.¶ Sivas is in another province, not under Memdouch Pasha's rule⟳, and as the Vali there was on bad terms with him, it was more than likely that he would send⟳ me back in spite of the buyuruldu. The Chawush was sent with me, possibly to make⟳ sure that I was neither an agitator nor a newspaper correspondent, but I paid him well and he proved of great use⟳ to me.”

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