English

Noun

chaoux

1. Obsolete spelling of chiaus [early 19th c.]
   • 1832, James, George P. R., The string of pearls, volume 1, London: R. Bentley, OCLC 593495440, page 236:

     […] the chaoux soon found him and brought him to the palace, having redeemed him by order of the sultan.

   • For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:chaoux.

References

• "Chiaus" in A New English dictionary on historical principles, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1893, volume 2, p. 334.