tchaushn.
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society > authority > office > holder of office > public officials > [noun] > Turkish
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1819 T. Hope Anastasius (1820) II. 377 A Tchawoosh..walked in, and summoned me before the Soo-bashee.
1902 Encycl. Brit. XXVII. 213/2 The Sultan's guard consists of..the ‘Tufenkdjis’..the ‘Tchaush’, of whom there are between 50 and 60, and who are messengers as well as guards [etc.].
1930 Observer 26 Jan. 11 In the last war a peasant's wife, Fatma Hanem, served in the Army as a tchaush, i.e. a sergeant.
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