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See also: chaoosh

Chaoosh (obsolete)

Alternative letter-case form of chaoosh ‎(“chiaus”)
- 1828, Money, Robert Cotton, Journal of a Tour in Persia, during the years 1824 & 1825, London: Teape and Son, OCLC 719424410, page 86:
  They are under the guidance of a Chaoosh, or Superintendant, a most consequential personage, and generally a Seid, with a mixture of Turkish and Persian in him which no doubt adds both to his servility and insolence.
- For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:Chaoosh.

See also: Chaoosh

chaoosh

Obsolete spelling of chiaus
- 1811, Scott, Jonathan, The arabian nights entertainments, volume 6, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, OCLC 680834703, page 26:
  When the sultan of the genii had read the note, he called out to one of his chaoosh⁸, who immediately attended before him, and commanded him to bring into his presence without delay the genie who had enchanted the daughter of the sultan of Cairo.
- For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:chaoosh.