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tchaous

(historical) Obsolete spelling of chiaus
- 1906 August 30, Anthimos of Moglena, “[letter to] Patriarch [Joachim III]”, in Official documents concerning the deplorable condition of affairs in Macedonia, Constantinople: at the printing press of the Patriarchate, published 1906, OCLC 645291719, page 86:
  They came out of the village accompanied by the one of the notables of the village, named Hadji Constantinou, and by one Moslem tchaous (gendarme) who was armed.
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tchaous m ‎(plural tchaous)

(historical) Obsolete spelling of chaouch ‎(“chiaus”)
- 1888, Jurien de la Gravière, Jean Pierre Edmond, La guerre de Chypre et la bataille de Lépante, volume 1 (in French), Paris: E. Plon, OCLC 551576140, page 102:
  Telle fut la déclaration que vint apporter au sénat de Venise un tchaous, interprète des immuables résolutions de Sélim.
- For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:tchaous.