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Definition of Kavass
1. n. An armed constable; also, a government servant or courier.
Definition of Kavass
1. Noun. A Turkish armed policeman or courier ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Kavass
1. a Turkish policeman [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kavass
Literary usage of Kavass
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Diversions of a Diplomat in Turkey by Samuel Sullivan Cox (1887)
"One of our poetasters, in singing of the disaster to the steam- MEHMET, THE
AMERICAN kavass. ship Gallia, which brought us across the ocean, attributed the ..."
2. Diary of an Idle Woman in Constantinople by Frances Elliot (1893)
"... Gate—The Seraglio—Depressed by first impression—A polyglot crowd—Comfort of
a kavass—Crossing the bridge of Galata—The crowd is picturesque after all. ..."
3. Longman's Magazine by Charles James Longman (1896)
"Friday came, and about eleven o'clock our son, Secretary at the British Embassy,
called for us in a carriage with an Embassy kavass on the box. ..."
4. A Photographic Expedition in Egypt, Palestine, Turkey & Greece by Percy R. Salmon (1903)
"accompanied by the Consul's liveried servant—known as a kavass, and even he is
not allowed to go without a Turkish soldier. When one desires to visit the ..."
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