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‖ ichoglan|ˈɪtʃəʊglæn|
Also 8 itcheoglan.
[obs. Turkish īch oγlān, f. īch interior + oγlān young man, page.]
A page in waiting in the palace of the Sultan.
1677J. Phillips tr. Tavernier's Grand Seignior's Serag. 2 The Ichoglans are those, in whom, besides the accomplishments of the Body, they discover also a noble Genius, fit for a high Education, and such as may render them capable of serving their Prince. 1687A. Lovell tr. Thevenot's Trav. i. xviii. 24 The Eunuchs also have the charge of the Ichnoglans, or the Grand Signiors Pages. 1745R. Pococke Trav. I. ii. iii. ii. 134 The education of the itcheoglans for the seraglio of the grand signor. 1846Thackeray Cornhill to Cairo vii, Ichoglans and pages, with lazy looks and shabby dresses. |