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Definition of Chiaus
1. a Turkish messenger [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chiaus
Literary usage of Chiaus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hakluytus posthumus: Contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and by Samuel Purchas (1905)
"... chiaus; and translated into English, by Master Robert Withers. ALthough in
this transitorie world, the King or the Beggar should enjoy the longest terme ..."
2. Hakluytus Posthumus, Or, Purchas His Pilgrimes: Contayning a History of the by Samuel Purchas (1905)
"... chiaus; and translated into English, by Master Robert Withers. ALthough in
this transitorie world, the King or the Beggar should enjoy the longest terme ..."
3. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood (1872)
"From the Turkish chiaus, a messenger or envoy. In 1609 Sir Robert Shirley, who
was about to come to England with a mission from the Grand ..."
4. The Slang Dictionary: Or, The Vulgar Words, Street Phrases, and "fast by John Camden Hotten (1865)
"The particular chiaus in question is alluded to in Ben Jonson's Alchymist, 1610.
... That I am a chiaus ? Face. What's that? 2>. The Turk [who] was here. ..."
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